Sorting Out Philosophies Via Critical Questions: An Interrogatory
Edward G. Rozycki, Ed. D.

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edited 5/9/09

The chart below contrasts and compares different philosophical positions as they are commonly described. Critical questions provide an easy although superficial sorting device, a sort of "sieve". The questions are:

1. Authority: Who dares (has the right to) question?

2. Ontology: What (according to the philosophy under consideration) exists?

3. Epistemology: How do we know (i.e., what is the way of knowing anything)?

4. Axiology: What is (the nature) of value?

 

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The simplicity of this chart is belied by the fact that many philosophical typologies are determined by historical rather than logical criteria. See "Teaching Philosophy to Teachers: are ISM's Philosophy?"

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