List of isms   Banno do you want to rethink the list of isms  Of course there are some silly ones cosmothetic idealism  But some isms correspond to divisions that are relevant across the whole history of philosophy    Rationalism vs Empiricism which begins with Parmenides and continues until today    Nominalism vs Realism which begins with Aristotle becomes the central question of the Middle Ages via Porphyry and Boethius and is still alive today very much so    Idealism vs Realism and understanding of which is essential to any understanding of the Early Modern period  Possibly Scepticism    They are not so much isms perhaps it was my fault for phrasing it that way  What is needed is a short list of the basic positions in which philosophers have been divided since the beginning of time  Yes