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What are the five branches of Philosophy? Write an outline of the five main branches of philosophy and clean, concise definitions of each.

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Philosophy is the systematic inquiry into the principles and presuppositions of any field of study. There are five main branches in philosophy; logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics and epistemology.

Logic is the branch of philosophy that deals with the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation. Logic is the systematic process of valid reasoning through inference, meaning that conclusions are derived from information that is known to be true.

Ethics, often referred to as moral philosophy, is the branch of philosophy ...

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