The Pli Canon contains the Abhidhamma Pitaka, which contains philosophical analyses of the mind.
 Examples of lists of dhammas taught by the Buddha in the Nikayas include the twelve sense 'spheres' (ayatana), the five aggregates (khandha) and the eighteen elements of cognition (dhatu)
 The majority of Western scholars consider the earliest identifiable stratum to be mainly prose works, the Vinaya (excluding the Parivra) and the first four nikyas of the Sutta Pitaka, and perhaps also some short verse works such as the Suttanipata

