Melissa asked:

What are the eight different compartments that fall under philosophy and could you provide a brief
explanation of each? The only one that our professor gave us is Ethics.

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I think a better term is "branches" not "compartments" of philosophy.

I don't know whether there are eight or eleven, or sixteen branches of philosophy. I have never heard
of an official numbers (and neither, I bet did your professor) But here are some, according to me,
anyway.

Metaphysics

Epistemology

Ethics

Aesthetics

(the above two may be lumped together as "theory of value")

Logic

Political Philosophy

And then there are the different branches dealing with different subject matters like:

The Philosophy of Science

The Philosophy of Mathematics

The Philosophy of Language

and so on. Let's see, that makes nine. Well, your professor was nearly right.

Ken Stern