Schools of thought

There are seven schools of thought developing in Indonesia. The categorization of schools is first based on the originality that a certain school contains (like 'ethnic school'), secondly based on the influence of great world philosophies that a particular school absorbs and adapts to Indonesian philosophy (such as 'Chinese school', 'Indian school', 'Islamic school', 'Christian school', and 'Western school'), and lastly based on a historical chronology (such as 'the post-Soeharto school'). The following is a sketch of the Indonesian schools of thought and their main philosophers.