Categories and Editors

Welcome to the PhilPapers Bibliography, the most comprehensive bibliography of philosophy. The bibliography currently counts 5185 categories managed by 645 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)

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 (Lynne Tirrell)
Philosophy of Law (Aness Webster)
Social and Political Philosophy
Value Theory, Miscellaneous (Gwen Bradford)
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Metaphysics and Epistemology (242,039)
Epistemology (27,165)Matthew McGrath
Epistemological States and Properties (4,957 | 837)
Metaphilosophy (4,044)Jonathan Ichikawa
Experimental Philosophy (1,124 | 1)Wesley Buckwalter
Metaphysics (31,910)Jonathan Schaffer
Causation (3,626 | 1,447)
Modality (2,972 | 117)Tuomas E. Tahko
Objects (4,774)Daniel Z. Korman
Persons (4,621 | 516)Timothy Campbell
Philosophy of Action (17,969)Constantine Sandis
Action Theory (6,130 | 173)Andrei Buckareff
Philosophy of Language (34,381)Berit Brogaard
Meaning (6,688 | 1,193)Steven Gross
Intentionality* (8,044 | 1,613)Robert Rupert
Specific Expressions (6,907 | 195)
Adverbs (32)
Generics (67)
Questions (124)
Quotation (156)
Philosophy of Mind (61,392)David Chalmers and David Bourget
Philosophy of Consciousness (16,945 | 5,302)David Chalmers
Intentionality (8,044 | 1,613)Robert Rupert
Perception (9,646 | 1,300)Benj Hellie
Metaphysics of Mind (6,373 | 2,148)
Free Will* (6,224 | 282)Neil Levy
Mental States and Processes (16,726 | 2,387)
Belief* (1,105 | 641)
Memory* (4,159 | 1,545)John Sutton
Moral Psychology* (10,400 | 449)Joshua May
Persons (4,621 | 516)Timothy Campbell
Philosophy of Religion (55,496)Thomas Senor
Religious Topics (5,535 | 254)
Prayer (60)
Prophecy (87)
M&E, Misc (138)
Value Theory (380,253)Daniel Star
Aesthetics (40,811)Rafael De Clercq
Applied Ethics (114,882)Ezio Di Nucci
Biomedical Ethics (51,520 | 30,586)L. Syd M Johnson
Business Ethics (17,007 | 14,757)Joakim Sandberg
Meta-Ethics (9,090)Daniel Star
Normative Ethics (25,145)Jussi Suikkanen
Moral Psychology (10,400 | 449)Joshua May
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality (20,114)Lynne Tirrell
Feminist Philosophy (12,459 | 1,744)Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir
Philosophy of Race (2,414 | 680)Quayshawn Spencer
Affirmative Action* (107 | 97)
Philosophy of Sexuality (2,252 | 372)Benjamin Smart
Philosophy of Law (12,088)Aness Webster
Social and Political Philosophy (80,724)
Rights (5,239 | 1,929)Tom Dougherty
Value Theory, Miscellaneous (43,178)Gwen Bradford
Value (2,573 | 27)
Science, Logic, and Mathematics (286,347)
Logic and Philosophy of Logic (52,383)Aleksandra Samonek
Philosophy of Biology (23,983)
Philosophy of Cognitive Science (63,780)Gualtiero Piccinini
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (6,917 | 2,231)Eric Dietrich
Philosophy of Consciousness (16,945 | 5,302)David Chalmers
Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology (4,826 | 939)Serife Tekin
Science of Consciousness (17,498 | 2,432)Eve A. Isham
Philosophy of Computing and Information (2,855)Giuseppe Primiero
Computer Ethics* (655 | 551)
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (6,917 | 2,231)Eric Dietrich
Philosophy of Mathematics (11,727)Øystein Linnebo
Philosophy of Physical Science (19,315)Hans Halvorson
Quantum Mechanics (7,370 | 1,181)Michael Cuffaro
Philosophy of Social Science (41,426)Michiru Nagatsu
Philosophy of Economics (6,797 | 1,245)Anna Alexandrova
Philosophy of Probability (5,421)Darrell Rowbottom
General Philosophy of Science (36,459)Howard Sankey
Interlevel Relations in Science (899 | 105)Ronald Endicott
Reduction* (576 | 165)
Metaphysics of Mind* (6,373 | 2,148)
History of Western Philosophy (245,632)
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (64,279)Robin Smith
Aristotle (8,175 | 3,586)Robin Smith
Plato (11,183 | 1,976)Hugh Benson
Plato, Misc (627)
17th/18th Century Philosophy (70,213)Brandon Look
17th/18th Century British Philosophy (27,120 | 705)
George Berkeley (2,120 | 15)Kenneth L Pearce
Robert Boyle (164)
Edmund Burke (144)
David Hume (11,227 | 159)Angela Coventry
John Locke (3,369 | 10)Walter Ott
Isaac Newton (717)
17th/18th Century German Philosophy (28,604 | 232)Corey W. Dyck
Immanuel Kant (21,563 | 4,947)Andrew Chignell
Kant: Metaphysics and Epistemology (6,153 | 1,297)Andrew Chignell
17th/18th Century Philosophy, Miscellaneous (5,425 | 57)
Hugo Grotius (290)
Baruch Spinoza (3,385 | 1,521)John Morrison and Colin Marshall
19th Century Philosophy (32,723)Michelle Kosch
19th Century German Philosophy (17,503 | 383)Michelle Kosch
Gottlob Frege* (1,369)
G. W. F. Hegel (5,055 | 3,814)Paul Redding
Hegel, Misc (139)
Friedrich Nietzsche (5,410 | 4,612)Paul Catanu
20th Century Philosophy (38,770)Jack Alan Reynolds and James Chase
20th Century Analytic Philosophy (23,030 | 443)
J. L. Austin (207)
A. J. Ayer (227)
C. D. Broad (198)
Gottlob Frege* (1,369)
David Lewis (356)
G. E. Moore (549)
Gilbert Ryle (244)
Philosophical Traditions (174,152)
African/Africana Philosophy (2,462)Barry Hallen
African-American Philosophy (436 | 210)Tommy J. Curry Curry
Asian Philosophy (25,646)JeeLoo Liu
Chinese Philosophy (12,600 | 3,787)JeeLoo Liu
Continental Philosophy (101,134)Paul Livingston
Phenomenology (24,104 | 3,607)Ammon Allred
Edmund Husserl (9,279 | 1,983)Chad Kidd
German Idealism* (3,218 | 3,146)
Poststructuralism (16,472 | 1,134)Leonard Lawlor
Judith Butler* (387)
Jacques Derrida (3,607 | 1,760)Samir Haddad
Jacques Lacan* (883)
Continental Philosophy: Topics (5,597 | 23)
Continental Ethics (140 | 140)
Derrida: Ethics* (247 | 129)
European Philosophy (36,575)
Philosophy of the Americas (6,641)Susana Nuccetelli
African-American Philosophy (436 | 210)Tommy J. Curry Curry
Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous (1,646)
Feminist Philosophy (12,459 | 1,744)Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir