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# [History of Philosophy Timeline and Divisions of Philosophy](https://samisdat.in/blog/dolhenty-history-of-philosophy-and-divisions)

   17th Oct 2019   [truth](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:truth#body-wrapper) [philosophy](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:philosophy#body-wrapper)  

# History of Philosophy Timeline

## by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty

The following timeline was created and designed by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty to help students get a comprehensive picture of the history of philosophy and, in the case of ancient and medieval philosophy, its relationship to other major events occurring during the same time period.

![by default 2019-10-16 at 23.17.01.png](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/History%20of%20Philosophy%20Timeline/9817a1c1d8dd41909bf73b32b658fcd6.png?g-16018011)

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![by default 2019-10-16 at 23.17.47.png](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/History%20of%20Philosophy%20Timeline/23d0e7c5c29e4edeb8c5169ebe908e59.png?g-16018011)

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## Jonathan Dolhenty: Divisions of Philosophy

How philosophy is to be divided into sub-disciplines has seemed to fascinate philosophers throughout its history. Four different approaches to the divisioning of philosophy are given as diagrams below:

- The Aristotelian Division
- The Thomistic Division
- The Wolffian Division
- A Modern Revision by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty

In general, the following non-technical definitions will apply:

- [Ontology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology): The philosophic science of *the nature of being "in general"*
- [Epistemology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology): The philosophic science dealing with *the problem of knowledge*
- [Psychology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology): Really "rational" or "philosophical" psychology, dealing with *man as a "being"*
- [Theodicy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy): The philosophic *science of God*, First Cause, Creator - sometimes "natural theology"
- [Logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic): The philosophic science of *correct thinking*
- [Ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics) (or Moral Philosophy): The philosophic science *dealing with human acts* - sometimes "moral philosophy"
- [Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics): The philosophic science of *man's social end*, including the form of state organization
- [Axiology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiology): The philosophic science which studies the general *nature of "value"*
- [Aesthetics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics): The philosophic science which *studies art, beauty, artistic value*

![by default 2019-10-16 at 23.26.15.png](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/History%20of%20Philosophy%20Timeline/b537ef5adb2f41deb0855f7d49a14df3.png?g-16018011)

![by default 2019-10-16 at 23.26.33.png](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/History%20of%20Philosophy%20Timeline/92bfc5e95a974bca8a58c4dd17026b41.png?g-16018011)

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