Philosophy Subject Guide
Call Numbers and Subject Headings
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If you wish to browse the General Stacks of Waldo Library for books related to Philosophy, there are many possible locations since every discipline has philosophical origins. For example, the philosophy of language is found in P101-410. However, in general, Class B covers philosophy
69-5739 History and systems including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy
108-709 Ancient period
720-765 Medieval
770-785 Renaissance
790-5739 Modern
850-5739 By region or country
BC 1-199 Logic
BD 10-701 Speculative Philosophy
10-41 General philosophical works
95-131 Metaphysics
143-236 Epistemology, Theory of knowledge
240-260 Methodology
300-450 Ontology including the soul, immortality
493-701 Cosmology including teleology, space and time
(Psychology is found under the BF's and has close ties to Philosophy) BH 1-301 Aesthetics
BJ 1-2195 Ethics
71-1185 History and systems including ethical philosophers
1188-1295 Religious Ethics
1518-1697 Individual Ethics. Character. Virtue
1801-2195 Social usages. Etiquette
(Religion (general) and religions (specific e.g., Judaism, Islam, Christianity) are found under BL, BM, BP, BQ, BR, BS, BT, BV, and BX, and also have close ties to Philosophy.)
Z 7125 Bibliography
Official subject headings for philosophy also cross many fields or topics, and can be subdivisions of science, business, literature, etc. Use of the Library of Congress Subject Headings, a 5 volume set of official terms found at the Reference Desks is recommended, although the Advanced Keyword search on WestCat can be used to locate a list of titles. Select a relevant title and examine the entry for linked, official LC subject headings. A few of the common headings are noted below or use the Library of Congress print volumes to select appropriate headings for your specific search. The official list also gives related terms, the terms that the official term is "used for," and phrases involving the headings.
Broader Term: Philosophy
Examples of narrower terms: Aesthetics, Architecture and Philosophy, Consciousness, Cynicism, Drunkenness (Philosophy), Egoism, Ethics, Experience, Fate and fatalism, Good and Evil, Ideology, Intuition, Logic, Naturalism, Neoplatonism, One (The One in philosophy), Ontology, Perfection, Psychology and philosophy, Realism, Right and left (Philosophy), Self (Philosophy), Space and time, Transcendentalism, Truth, Will, Women (Philosophy).
Subdivisions of philosophy, e.g., Bibliography, History, geographical location, are given, as well as other official subjects, e.g., Philosophy, American; Philosophy, Comparative.