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Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which deals with the nature of art and of artistic judgment.

Some of the central questions of aesthetics focus on the beautiful: under what circumstances it may be said to exist, what criteria are to be used to judge the beautiful, and whether or not these criteria apply equally to literature and music. http://www.answers.com/topic/aesthetics

The term Logic comes from the Greek word logos. The variety of senses that logos possesses may suggest the difficulties to be encountered in characterizing the nature and scope of logic. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/346240/philosophy-of-logic

Political is the study of human social organization and of the nature of man/woman in society. A political philosopher is likely to ponder the following question: What is the ideal form of government? Is it aristocracy, monarchy, theocracy, democracy, some mix of the different systems, or absolutely no government at all (anarchy)? http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Political%20Philosophy.htm

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy very much concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms: "What is there?" "What is it like?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics

Ethics is also called moral philosophy and is the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles. Meta-ethics investigates where our moral principles come from, and what they mean. Normative ethics is more practical and is concerned with finding moral principles to govern how we should act. Applied ethics considers applying our moral principles to particular real world situations. http://www.philosophyarchive.com/index.php?title=Philosophy_of_Ethics

Epistemology, the study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge. The term is derived from the Greekepistm (knowledge) and logos (reason), and accordingly the field is sometimes referred to as the theory of knowledge. Epistemology has a long history, beginning with the ancient Greeks and continuing to the present. Along with metaphysics, logic, and ethics, it is one of the four main branches of philosophy, and nearly every great philosopher has contributed to it. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/190219/epistemology

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