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    Philosophy is traditionally divided into broad branches that contain related doctrines or theories. The main branches are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic. Within each branch there are multiple, sometimes opposing doctrines that may overlap or have implications across branches. The distinction between doctrines and philosophical schools or movements is sometimes unclear.

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    Philosophy is traditionally divided into broad branches that contain related doctrines or theories. The main branches are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic. Within each branch there are multiple, sometimes opposing doctrines that may overlap or have implications across branches. The distinction between doctrines and philosophical schools or movements is sometimes unclear.

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    A philosophical branch is a broad division of the

    overall subject. Aphilosophical doctrine is a


    particular theory, principle, position, system, code of
    beliefs or body of teachings. These are the famous “-
    isms” of Philosophy.
    Within each branch, there are any number of related,
    similar or opposing doctrines covering different
    aspects of the whole, although many
    doctrines overlap with, and may have repercussions
    in, more than one branch of Philosophy.
    The distinctionbetween philosophical doctrines or
    theories, and the various movements or schools of
    philosophy is sometimes blurred.
    Philosophy as a whole is traditionally split
    into four or more main branches. The main four
    are:

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