Schools of thought in Critical Theory

Schools of thought

There are many different schools of thought that have arisen during development of ideas in Critical Theory, Philosophy and other related fields. Here are just a few:

Constructionism and Constructivism: Building worlds in your head.

Conventionalism: We tend to conform to conventions.

Deconstruction: Dismantling binary opposites.

Ethnicity: And the full panoply of variation.

Empiricism: Truth comes only from direct experience.

Hermeneutics: The exploration of meaning

Idealism: Our experience of the world is, for us, the world.

Feminism: Challenging the source of female identity.

Phenomenology: Objective exploration of experience.

Positivism: Only provable fact is valid knowledge.

Postmodernism: Holistic, anti-deconstructionist viewpoint.

Post-structuralism: Structuralism is seen as too simplistic.

Postmodernism: Things are not as simple as they seem.

Rationalism: The use of pure thought.

Realism: Things exist, whether or not anyone is thinking of them.

Semiotics: The study of signs.

Structuralism: A thing is the sum of its parts and their relationships.

Utilitarianism: People seek to optimize value.

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