Philosophy

Dewey Decimal Classification system

The  DDC system is used to assign shelf numbers to monographs (books) and serials.   The following numbers are the main shelf numbers  for  philosophical topics.  For the theory of  philosophy of other subjects,  see the main number for the particular subject  (eg. Philosophy of science - 501;   Political Science -  320.01).

NB:  Please use the library catalogue for specific  searches.

100 Philosophy

101  Theory of philosophy

102  Miscellany of philosophy

103  Dictionaries of philosophy

105  Serial publications of philosophy (journals)

106  Organizations of philosophy

107  Education, research in philosophy

108  Kinds of persons in philosophy

109  Historical treatment of philosophy

110  Metaphysics

111  Ontology

113  Cosmology (Philosophy of nature)

114  Space

115  Time

116  Change

117  Structure

118  Force & energy

119  Number & quantity

120  Epistemology, causation, humankind

121  Epistemology (theory of knowledge)

122  Causation

123  Determinism & indeterminism

124  Teleology

126  The self

127  The unconscious & the subconscious

128  Humankind

129  Origin & destiny of individual souls

130  Paranormal phenomena

140  Specific philosophical schools

141  Idealism & related systems

142  Critical philosophy

143  Intuitionism $ Bergsonism

144  Humanism & related systems

145  Sensationalism

146  Naturalism & related systems

147  Pantheism & related systems

148  Liberalism, eclecticism, traditionalism

149  Other philosophical systems

160  Logic

161  Induction

162  Deduction

165  Fallacies & sources of error

166  Syllogisms

167  Hypotheses

168  Argument & persuasion

169  Analogy

170  Ethics (moral philosophy)

171  Systems & doctrines

172  Political ethics

173  Ethics of family relationships

174  Economic & professional ethics

175  Ethics of recreation & leisure

176  Ethics of sex & reproduction

177  Ethics of social relations

178  Ethics of consumption

179  Other ethical norms

180  Ancient, medieval, oriental philosophy

181  Oriental philosophy

182  Pre-Socratic Greek philosophies

183  Sophistic & Socratic philosophies

184  Platonic philosophy

185  Aristotelian philosophy

186  Skeptic and Neoplatonic philosophies

187  Epicurean philosophy

188  Stoic philosophy

189  Medieval Western philosophy

190  Modern Western Philosophy

191  United States & Canada

192  British Isles

193  Germany & Austria

194  France

195  Italy

196  Spain & Portugal

197  Soviet Union

198  Scandinavia

199  Other geographical areas