Categories and Editors

Welcome to the PhilPapers Bibliography, the most comprehensive bibliography of philosophy. The bibliography currently counts 5942 categories managed by 959 volunteer editors. Scroll for a complete listing of categories and editors.

General Editors
David Bourget (University of Western Ontario)
David Chalmers (Australian National University; New York University)

Areas and Area Editors
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Epistemology (Matthew McGrath)
Metaphilosophy (Jonathan Ichikawa)
Metaphysics (Jonathan Schaffer)
Philosophy of Action (Constantine Sandis)
Philosophy of Language (Berit Brogaard)
Philosophy of Mind (David Chalmers, David Bourget)
Philosophy of Religion (Thomas Senor)
Value Theory (Daniel Star)
Aesthetics (Rafael De Clercq)
Applied Ethics (Ezio Di Nucci)
Meta-Ethics (Daniel Star)
Normative Ethics (Jussi Suikkanen)
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality (Esa Diaz-Leon)
Philosophy of Law (Aness Kim Webster)
Social and Political Philosophy
Value Theory, Miscellaneous (Gwen Bradford)
All categories and editors
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Categories marked with a * are links to categories in other areas.
Metaphysics and Epistemology (82,554)
Epistemology (14,627)Matthew McGrath
Epistemological States and Properties (2,208 | 45)
Belief* (567 | 122)Rima Basu
Reasons* (1,020 | 66)Errol Lord
Thought and Thinking* (211 | 87)
Epistemological Theories (2,054 | 85)
Empiricism* (103 | 49)
Social Epistemology (2,380 | 490)Allan Hazlett
Metaphilosophy (4,008)Jonathan Ichikawa
Experimental Philosophy (1,217 | 1)James Andow
Metaphysics (14,538)Jonathan Schaffer
Causation (1,389 | 51)Thomas Blanchard
Interlevel Metaphysics (948 | 6)
Modality (1,251 | 40)Derek Christian Haderlie
Objects (1,868)Daniel Z. Korman
Persons (1,602 | 56)Timothy Campbell
The Self (275 | 154)
Philosophy of Action (7,403)Constantine Sandis
Action Theory (2,132 | 37)Andrei Buckareff
Philosophy of Language (12,287)Berit Brogaard
Meaning (2,792 | 131)Steven Gross
Pragmatics (1,987 | 15)Christopher Gauker
Specific Expressions (2,694 | 19)Michael De
Adverbs (14)
Quotation (37)
Philosophy of Mind (20,124)David Chalmers and David Bourget
Philosophy of Consciousness (4,320 | 346)David Chalmers
Intentionality (2,956 | 163)Robert D. Rupert
Perception (4,519 | 191)Benj Hellie
Metaphysics of Mind (1,425 | 212)
Free Will* (2,117 | 90)Justin A. Capes
Mental States and Processes (4,998 | 126)
Persons* (1,602 | 56)Timothy Campbell
Philosophy of Religion (7,573)Thomas Senor
Religious Topics (1,700 | 59)
Prayer (38)
Prophecy (21)
M&E, Misc (160)
Value Theory (64,119)Daniel Star
Aesthetics (6,649)Rafael De Clercq
Applied Ethics (13,056)Ezio Di Nucci
Biomedical Ethics (4,504 | 524)L. Syd M Johnson
Business Ethics (848 | 211)Joakim Sandberg
Meta-Ethics (6,077)Daniel Star
Moral Value* (553 | 94)
Normative Ethics (8,795)Jussi Suikkanen
Deontological Moral Theories (720 | 70)
Moral Psychology (3,548 | 242)Joshua May
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality (4,946)Esa Diaz-Leon
Feminist Philosophy (1,795 | 98)Ásta .
Philosophy of Race (1,260 | 113)Quayshawn Spencer
Affirmative Action* (33 | 13)
Philosophy of Sexuality (699 | 25)Lori Watson
Philosophy of Law (2,535)Aness Kim Webster
Social and Political Philosophy (17,919)
Rights (1,867 | 146)Tom Dougherty
Social Philosophy (1,176 | 181)
Social Ethics* (946 | 193)
Culture and Cultures* (776 | 119)
Value Theory, Miscellaneous (3,157)Gwen Bradford