LibGuides: A Shelf Browsing Guide to the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library: Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subclass B: Philosophy

The HPNL's "B" collection is strongest in Western philosophy, and weakest in non-Western. The collection is especially strong in modern, German philosophers.

B1-107: General
B108-708: Ancient
- B165-491: Ancient Greek
  - B350-398: Plato
  - B400-491: Aristotle
B720-765: Medieval
B770-785: Renaissance
B790-5802: Modern (1600-present)
- B808-849: Topics and Schools
- B850-948 : American
- B1111-1682: British
  - B1131-1299: 17th Century
    - B1203-1249: Hobbes
    - B1249-1298: Locke
      - B1300-1559: 18th Century
        
        B1450-1499.S9: Hume
      - B1561-1682: 19th and 20th Centuries
        
        B1600-1608: John Stuart Mill
        
        B1649.R9-.R94: Bertrand Russell
- B1801-2433: French
  - B1815-1907: 17th Century
    - B1830-1878.W5: Descartes
  - B1911-2179: 18th Century
  - B2185-2417: 19th Century
  - B2421-2430: 20th Century
  - B2431-2433: 21st Century
- B2521-3399: German
  - B2535-2611: 17th Century
    - B2565-2599: Leibniz
  - B2615-2729: 18th Century
  - B2741-3177: Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
    - B2751-2799: Kant
    - B2800-2849: Fichte
  - B3180-3399: Later 19th and 20th Centuries
    - B3279.H45-.H49Z: Heidegger
    - B3279.H9-.H49: Husserl
    - B3305.M7-.M74: Marx
    - B3310-3318: Nietzsche
    - B3376.W56-.W564: Wittgenstein
- B3801-4095: Dutch
  - B3950-3999.T7: Spinoza
- B4325-4395: Danish
  - B4370-4378: Kierkegaard
- B4670-4875: Eastern European
- B5000-5295: Asian
- B5300-5679: African

Subclass BC: Logic

BC11-39: History
- BC25-39: By period
BC60-99: General works
BC171-199: Special topics

Subclass BD: Speculative Philosophy

BD10-41: General works
BD95-131: Metaphysics
BD143-237: Epistemology. Theory of knowledge
BD240-260: Methodology
BD300-450: Ontology Including being, the soul, life, death
BD493-701: Cosmology Including teleology, space and time, structure of matter, plurality of worlds

Subclass BF: Psychology

BF1-990: Psychology
- BF38-64: Philosophy of. Relation to other topics
- BF81-172: History of
- BF173-175.5: Psychoanalysis
- BF309-499: Consciousness. Memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking.
- BF511-593: Affection. Feeling. Emotion
- BF608-635: Will. Volition. Choice. Control
- BF636-637: Applied psychology
- BF660-685: Comparative psychology. Animal and human psychology
- BF692-692.5: Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior
- BF697-697.5: Differential psychology. Individuality. Self
- BF795-839: Temperament. Character
BF1001-1389: Parapsychology
BF1404-2055: Occult (including witchcraft)

Subclass BH: Aesthetics

BH39: General works
BH81-208: History
BH301: Special topics

Subclass BJ: Ethics

BJ1-1725: Ethics
- BJ21-28: Collected works
- BJ37-60: Relation to other topics
- BJ71-1185: History and general works Including individual ethical philosophers
- BJ1188-1295: Religious ethics
- BJ1298-1335: Evolutionary and genetic ethics
- BJ1395: Feminist ethics
- BJ1400-1500: Special topics
  - BJ1400-1409: Good and evil
- BJ1518-1697: Individual ethics. Character. Virtue Including practical and applied ethics, conduct of life, vices, success, ethics for children
BJ1801-2195: Social usages. Etiquette

Subclass BL: Religion

BL1-50: General works
BL51-65: Philosophy of, Psychology of, In relation to other subjects
BL74-99: Religions of the world
BL175-265: Natural theology
- BL221: Monotheism
- BL224-227: Creation. Theory of the earth
- BL239-265: Religion and science
BL300-325: Myth. Comparative mythology
BL410: Religions in relation to one another
BL425-490: Religious doctrines (General)
- BL458: Women in comparative religion
BL500-547: Eschatology
BL550-619: Worship
BL624-629.5: Religious life
BL630-632.5: Religious organization
BL660-2680: History and principles of religions
- BL660: Indo-European. Aryan
- BL685: Ural-Altaic
- BL687: Mediterranean region
- BL689-980: European. Occidental
  - BL700-820: Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman)
  - BL830-875: Germanic and Norse
  - BL900-980: Other European
- BL1000-2370: Asian. Oriental
  - BL1000-1035: General
  - BL1055: Southern and Eastern Asia
  - BL1060: Southwestern Asia. Asia Minor. Levant
    - BL1100-1710: By religion
      - BL1100-1295: Hinduism
      - For Buddhism, see subclass BQ
    - BL1600-1695: Semitic religions
      - For Judaism, see subclass BM
      - For Islam, see subclass BP
  - BL1750-2350: By region or country
    - BL1790-1975: China
      - BL1830-1883: Confucianism
      - BL1899-1942.85: Taoism
    - BL2000-2032: India
      - BL2017-2018.7: Sikhism
    - BL2195-2228: Japan
      - BL2216-2227.8: Shinto
  - BL2390-2490: African
    - BL2420-2460: Egyptian
  - BL2500-2592: American
    - For American Indians, see classes E-F
  - BL2600-2630: Pacific Ocean islands. Oceania
  - BL2670: Arctic regions
BL2700-2790: Atheism. Rationalism

Subclass BM: Judaism

BM50-105: General works
BM135-449 :History
- BM135-199: By period
- BM200-449: By region or country
  - BM203-232: North America
    - BM205-225: United States
  - BM290-376: Europe
    - BM316-318: Germany
- BM487-488: Dead Sea Scrolls
- BM495-518: Rabbinical literature
  - BM496.9-509: Talmudic literature
  - BM510-518: Midrash
- BM520-523: Halakkah
- BM525: Cabala
- BM535: Judaism and Christianity (relations)

Subclass BP: Islam (with works on Bahaism, theosophy, and other religions)

BP1-253: Islam
- BP50-68: History
  - BP63-68: By region or country
    - BP63.A1-.T82: Asia (including Middle East)
    - BP64: Africa
    - BP65: Europe
    - BP67: North America
- BP70-80: Biography
  - BP75-77.75: Prophet Muhammad
- BP100-157: Sacred texts
  - BP100-134: Koran
    - BP100-127: Koran
      - BP100: In Arabic
      - BP109-110: In English
    - BP130-134: Works about the Koran
- BP160-165: General works on Islam
- BP166: Theology (works on Sunnite theology and Sunnites filed here)
- BP170: Apologetics
- BP171-173: Relation of Islam to other religions
  - BP172: Islam and Christianity
  - BP173.J8: Islam and Judaism
- BP173.25-173.45: Islamic sociology
- BP174-190: The practice of Islam
  - BP176-181: The five duties of a Moslem. Pillars of Islam
  - BP182: Jihad (Holy War)
  - BP187-187.9: Shrines, sacred places, etc.
  - BP188-190: Islamic religious life
    - BP188.2-188.3: Devotional literature
    - BP188.45-189.65: Sufism. Mysticism. Dervishes
    - BP189.68-189.7: Monasticism
  - BP191-253: Branches, sects, etc
    - BP192-194.9: Shiites
    - BP221-223: Black Muslims
- BP500-585: Theosophy
- BP600-610: Other beliefs and movements

Subclass BQ: Buddhism

The BQ subclass for Buddhism was only introduced in 1972, and codified in the 1984 edition of the classification scheme. Before 1972, books on Buddhism were classed in BL1400-1485. We do not use the older call number range in the HPNL, but if you are browsing in the Main Stacks, or in the Library Catalog, bear in mind that older imprints will be classed in that now-obsolete range (BL1400-1485).

BQ251-799: History
- BQ262-284: General
- BQ286-316: By time period
- BQ320-799: By region
BQ840-999: Biography
BQ1001-1045: Texts
BQ1100-3340: Tripitaka
BQ4000-4060: General works
BQ4061-4570: Doctrinal and systematic Buddhism
BQ4620-4907: Buddhist pantheon
BQ4911-5720: Practice of Buddhism. Worship
BQ7001-9800: Modifications, schools, etc.
- BQ9250-9550: Zen Buddhism

Subclass BR: Christianity

BR60-67: Early literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.
BR100-102: And philosophy
BR115: In relation to special subjects
BR118: Theology
BR120-126: General works
BR127-129: In relation to other religions and philosophical systems
BR130-133.5: Antiquities. Archaeology. Museums
BR140-1510: History
- BR160-481: By time period
  - BR160-275: Early and medieval
  - BR290-481: Modern period
    - BR295-420: Reformation (See also BR280)
      - BR323.5-334.2: Luther, Martin
    - BR430: Counter-Reformation
- BR500-1510: By region or country
- BR1600-1609: Persecution. Martyrs
- BR1609.5: Dissent
- BR1610: Tolerance and toleration
- BR1615-1617: Liberalism
- BR1620: Sacrilege (History)
- BR1690-1725: Biography

Subclass BS: The Bible

BS1-2970: The Bible
- BS11-115: Early versions
- BS125-355: Modern texts and versions
  - BS125-198: English
  - BS199-313: Other European languages
  - BS315-355: Non-European languages
    - BS315: Asian languages
    - BS325: African languages
    - BS335: Languages of Oceania and Australasia
    - BS345: American Indian languages
    - BS350: Mixed languages
    - BS355: Artificial languages
- BS410-680--Works about the Bible
  - BS500-534.8--Criticism and interpretation
  - BS535-537--The Bible as literature
  - BS546-558--Bible stories. Paraphrases of Bible stories. The Bible story
  - BS569-580--Men, women, and children of the Bible
    - BS580--Individual Old Testament characters
  - BS585-613--Study and teaching
  - BS647-649--Prophecy
  - BS650-667--Bible and science
  - BS670-672--Bible and social sciences
- BS701-1830--Old Testament
  - BS705-815--Early versions
  - BS825-1013--Modern texts and versions
  - BS1091-1099--Selections. Quotations
  - BS1110-1199--Works about the Old Testament
    - BS1160-1191.5--Criticism and interpretation
  - BS1200-1830--Special parts of the Old Testament
- BS1901-2970--New Testament
  - BS1937-2020--Early texts and versions
  - BS2025-2213--Modern texts and versions
  - BS2260-2269--Selections. Quotations
  - BS2280-2545--Works about the New Testament
    - BS2350-2393--Criticism and interpretation
    - BS2415-2417--The teachings of Jesus
    - BS2430-2520--Men, women, and children of the New Testament
    - BS2525-2544--Study and teaching
  - BS2547-2970--Special parts of the New Testament
    - BS2640-2765.6--Epistles of Paul

Subclass BT: Doctrinal Theology

BT10-15: General works
BT19-37: Doctrine and dogma
BT40-60: Philosophy of. Philosophical theology.
BT65-85: Doctrinal, dogmatic, systematic theology
BT98-180: God
BT198-590: Jesus
BT595-680: Mary
BT695-749: Creation
BT750-811: Salvation
BT819-891: Eschatology
BT899-940: Future state. Future life
BT960-985: Invisible world (saints, demons, etc.)
BT990-1010: Creeds, confessions, covenants, etc.
BT1313-1480: History of specific doctrines and movements. Heresies and schisms

Subclass BV: Practical Theology

BV5-530: Worship (Public and private)
BV590-1652: Ecclesiastical theology
BV2000-3705: Missions
BV4000-4470: Pastoral theology
BV4485-5099: Practical religion. The Christian life

Subclass BX: Christian Denominations

BX100-189: Eastern churches. Oriental churches
BX200-756: Orthodox Eastern Church
BX800-4795: Catholic Church
- BX940-1745.Z: History
  - BX945-960: General
  - BX965-1397: By time period
  - BX1401-1745.Z: By region or country
BX4800-9999: Protestantism
- BX4800-4861--General
- BX4872-4924--Pre-Reformation
- BX4929-4951--Post-Reformation
- BX5001-5009--Anglican Communion (General)
- BX5011-5207--Church of England
- BX5133--Sermons. Tracts. Addresses. Essays
- BX5800-5995--Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
- BX5996-6030--Protestant Episcopal Church outside the United States
- BX6051-6093--Reformed Episcopal Church
- BX6101-9999--Other Protestant denominations