1297.0 - Australian Standard Research Classification (ASRC), 1998
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/08/1998
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Classification Structure - Division 440000 - Philosophy and Religion
Definitions Division 440000 covers Philosophy and Religion. This division has three disciplines:
440200 - Religion and Religious Traditions 449900 - Other Philosophy and Religion Discipline 440100 - Philosophy This discipline covers philosophy. This discipline has sixteen subjects:
440102 - Epistemology 440103 - Ethical Theory 440104 - Applied Ethics (incl. Bioethics and Environmental Ethics) 440105 - History of Philosophy and History of Ideas 440106 - Logic 440107 - Metaphysics 440108 - Philosophy of Language 440109 - Philosophy of Mind (excl. Cognition) 440110 - Social Philosophy 440111 - Phenomenology 440112 - Hermeneutic Theory 440113 - Comparative Philosophy 440114 - Philosophy of Action 440115 - Philosophy of Specific Cultures (e.g. Ancient Greek, Chinese) 440199 - Philosophy not elsewhere classified Exclusions: (a) Mathematical logic is included in Discipline 230100 Mathematics; (b) human bioethics is included in Discipline 321200 Public Health and Health Services; (c) political philosophy is included in Discipline 360100 Political Science; (d) the philosophy of cognition is included in Discipline 380300 Cognitive Science; (e) the philosophy of science and medicine is included in Discipline 390600 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine; (f) the philosophy of law and justice is included in Discipline 399900 Other Law, Justice and Law Enforcement; and (g) the philosophy of religion is included in Discipline 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions. Discipline 440200 - Religion and Religious Traditions This discipline covers the study of religion. It includes theology, comparative religion and the philosophy of religion. This discipline has ten subjects:
440202 - Buddhist Studies 440203 - Jewish Studies 440204 - Christian Theology (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) 440205 - Islamic Studies 440206 - Studies in Other Religious Traditions 440207 - Religion and Society 440208 - Psychology of Religion 440209 - Philosophy of Religion 440299 - Religion and Religious Traditions not elsewhere classified Exclusions: (a) Language studies are included in Discipline 420100 Language Studies; and (b) folklore, myth and mythologies are included in Discipline 420200 Literature Studies. Discipline 449900 - Other Philosophy and Religion This discipline covers philosophy and religion not elsewhere classified. It has the one subject
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