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Solipsism

Key Figures: René Descartes, George Berkeley, Arthur Schopenhauer, Edmund Husserl, etc.

Subjectivism

Key Philosophers: Immanuel Kant, George Berkeley, David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Gilbert Harman, etc.

Substance

Key Figures: John Locke, Baruch Spinoza, George Berkeley, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, etc.

Tabula Rasa

Key Figures: John Locke, Aristotle, David Hume, Ibn Sina, Thomas Hobbes, etc.

Teleology

Key Figures: Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Jeremy Bentham, Herbert Spencer, Christian Wolff, etc.

Universals

Key Figures: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, George Berkeley, David Hume, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, etc.

Value

Key Figures: Plato, Aristotle, J.L. Mackie, R.M. Hare, G.E. Moore, Immanuel Kant, Joseph Raz, etc.

Virtue Ethics

Key Figures: Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Philippa Foot, Alasdair Maclntyre, G.E.M Anscombe, etc.

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