Categories and Editors

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

Assistant General Editor: Steve Pearce (UWO)

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)
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Metaphysics and Epistemology (438,948)
Epistemology (51,604)Matthew McGrath
Epistemological States and Properties (8,869 | 1,268)
Belief* (2,189 | 1,201)Rima Basu
Reasons* (2,981 | 331)Errol Lord
Thought and Thinking* (534 | 269)
Epistemological Theories (6,584 | 321)
Empiricism* (461 | 302)
Metaphilosophy (11,002)Jonathan Ichikawa
Experimental Philosophy (3,182 | 3)James Andow
Metaphysics (56,623)Jonathan Schaffer
Causation (6,394 | 168)Thomas Blanchard
Interlevel Metaphysics (3,219 | 20)
Reduction* (1,030 | 240)Ronald Endicott
Modality (4,167 | 207)Derek Haderlie
Objects (7,571 | 13)Daniel Z. Korman
Persons (8,352 | 717)Timothy Campbell
The Self (1,129 | 850)
Self-Consciousness* (1,962 | 201)
Self-Knowledge* (1,741 | 607)
Philosophy of Action (31,394)Constantine Sandis
Action Theory (9,895 | 187)Andrei Buckareff
Philosophy of Language (59,991)Berit Brogaard
Meaning (11,275 | 1,892)Steven Gross
Intentionality* (13,651 | 1,920)Robert D. Rupert
Pragmatics (6,977 | 115)Christopher Gauker
Specific Expressions (10,956 | 257)Michael De
Adverbs (45)
Quotation (189)
Philosophy of Mind (112,610)David Chalmers and David Bourget
Philosophy of Consciousness (31,599 | 8,952)David Chalmers
Intentionality (13,651 | 1,920)Robert D. Rupert
Perception (17,641 | 1,794)Benj Hellie
Metaphysics of Mind (9,096 | 2,227)
Free Will* (10,876 | 586)Justin A. Capes
Mental States and Processes (30,932 | 3,567)
Moral Psychology* (18,926 | 1,211)Joshua May
Persons* (8,352 | 717)Timothy Campbell
Philosophy of Religion (104,311)Thomas Senor
Religious Topics (17,459 | 2,368)
Prayer (384)
Prophecy (167)
M&E, Misc (335)
Value Theory (688,087)Daniel Star
Aesthetics (78,896)Rafael De Clercq
Applied Ethics (188,119)Ezio Di Nucci
Biomedical Ethics (91,644 | 42,568)L. Syd M Johnson
Business Ethics (22,889 | 18,261)Joakim Sandberg
Meta-Ethics (17,882)Daniel Star
Moral Value* (1,496 | 172)
Normative Ethics (47,016)Jussi Suikkanen
Deontological Moral Theories (2,192 | 131)
Moral Psychology (18,926 | 1,211)Joshua May
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality (39,668)Esa Diaz-Leon
Feminist Philosophy (23,371 | 1,393)Ásta .
Philosophy of Race (6,047 | 1,396)Quayshawn Spencer
Affirmative Action* (200 | 152)
Philosophy of Sexuality (3,958 | 490)Lori Watson
Philosophy of Law (28,811)Aness Kim Webster
Social and Political Philosophy (177,940)
Rights (10,719 | 2,501)Tom Dougherty
Legal Rights (172)
Rights, Misc (264)
Social Philosophy (6,274 | 292)
Social Ethics* (4,042 | 1,508)
Culture and Cultures* (4,175 | 965)
Value Theory, Miscellaneous (70,708)Gwen Bradford
Value (5,735 | 121)
Value, Misc (103)
Science, Logic, and Mathematics (502,842)
Logic and Philosophy of Logic (88,383)Aleksandra Samonek
Logical Expressions (1,598 | 972)
Logical Connectives (434 | 233)
Negation* (224)
Conditionals* (2,390 | 607)
Disjunction* (68)
Conjunction* (40)
Quantifiers* (1,615 | 426)
Variables (53)
Philosophy of Biology (43,561)Manolo Martínez
Philosophy of Cognitive Science (115,703)
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (14,815 | 4,371)Eric Dietrich
Philosophy of Psychology (16,061 | 9,121)Mitchell Herschbach
Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology (11,921 | 293)Şerife Tekin
Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Miscellaneous (10,242 | 1,109)Armin W. Schulz
Science of Consciousness (30,724 | 2,124)Eve A. Isham
Philosophy of Computing and Information (9,093)Giuseppe Primiero
Philosophy of Mathematics (25,755)Øystein Linnebo
Philosophy of Physical Science (41,251)Hans Halvorson
Quantum Mechanics (12,048 | 3,335)Michael Cuffaro
Philosophy of Social Science (72,211)Michiru Nagatsu
Philosophy of Economics (13,023 | 3,189)Anna Alexandrova
Philosophy of Probability (9,816)Darrell P. Rowbottom
General Philosophy of Science (54,552)Howard Sankey
Explanation (3,731 | 65)Brad Weslake
Philosophy of Science, Misc (12,745)
History of Western Philosophy (389,692)
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (98,588)Robin Smith
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy (18,654 | 176)Dirk Baltzly
Middle Platonists (666 | 230)
Aristotle (15,648 | 5,325)Robin Smith
Plato (22,930 | 3,149)Hugh Benson
Plato, Misc (836)
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (39,559)Margaret Cameron
13th/14th Century Philosophy (13,700 | 3,089)
Thomas Aquinas (6,505 | 6,318)Jason Eberl
Roger Bacon (168)
Bonaventure (215)
Jean Buridan (417)
17th/18th Century Philosophy (112,068)Brandon Look
17th/18th Century British Philosophy (40,664 | 1,133)
George Berkeley (2,785 | 117)Kenneth L. Pearce
Robert Boyle (350)
Edmund Burke (193)
David Hume (16,518 | 166)Bridger Ehli
John Locke (5,277 | 14)Walter Ott
Isaac Newton (1,403)
Adam Smith (1,021)
17th/18th Century German Philosophy (41,448 | 55)Corey W. Dyck
Immanuel Kant (33,982 | 3,563)Andrew Chignell
Kant: Metaphysics and Epistemology (11,560 | 3,118)Andrew Chignell
17th/18th Century Philosophy, Miscellaneous (11,841 | 113)
Hugo Grotius (432)
Baruch Spinoza (6,774 | 1,258)Karolina Hubner
19th Century Philosophy (58,332)Michelle Kosch
19th Century German Philosophy (33,130 | 609)Michelle Kosch
G. W. F. Hegel (10,085 | 7,101)Paul Redding
Hegel, Misc (362)
Karl Marx (5,616)
Friedrich Nietzsche (9,942 | 8,250)Paul Catanu
Carl Stumpf (147)
20th Century Philosophy (59,910)Jack Alan Reynolds and James Chase
20th Century Analytic Philosophy (33,616 | 899)
J. L. Austin (292)
A. J. Ayer (281)
C. D. Broad (642)
Gottlob Frege (2,647 | 136)Thorsten Sander
Paul Grice (21)
David Lewis (457)
G. E. Moore (701)
Gilbert Ryle (303)
20th Century Continental Philosophy (7,782 | 4,176)Farhang Erfani
Philosophical Traditions (307,176)
African/Africana Philosophy (5,436)Barry Hallen
Asian Philosophy (52,984)
Chinese Philosophy (23,123 | 8,975)Eirik Lang Harris
Japanese Philosophy (6,352 | 722)Curtis Rigsby and Takeshi Morisato
Continental Philosophy (150,265)Paul Livingston
Phenomenology (43,119 | 7,288)Ammon Allred
Edmund Husserl (16,109 | 3,529)Chad Kidd
German Idealism* (5,222 | 5,102)
Poststructuralism (26,517 | 3,729)Leonard Lawlor
Judith Butler* (631)
Jacques Derrida (5,484 | 2,705)
Jacques Lacan* (1,387)
European Philosophy (79,181)
Jewish Philosophy* (1,020 | 864)
Philosophy of the Americas (11,541)Susana Nuccetelli
Other Academic Areas (111,075)