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Definitions for Philosophy
[1] the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
[2] any of the three branches, namely natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy, that are accepted as composing this study.
[3] a particular system of thought based on such study or investigation: the philosophy of Spinoza.
[4] the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them: the philosophy of science.
[5] a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs.
[6] an attitude of rationality, patience, composure, and calm in the presence of troubles or annoyances.
[7] the academic discipline concerned with making explicit the nature and significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs and investigating the intelligibility of concepts by means of rational argument concerning their presuppositions, implications, and interrelationships; in particular, the rational investigation of the nature and structure of reality (metaphysics), the resources and limits of knowledge (epistemology), the principles and import of moral judgment (ethics), and the relationship between language and reality (semantics)
[8] the particular doctrines relating to these issues of some specific individual or school the philosophy of Descartes
[9] the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a discipline the philosophy of law
[10] archaic , or literary the investigation of natural phenomena, esp alchemy, astrology, and astronomy
[11] any system of belief, values, or tenets
[12] a personal outlook or viewpoint
[13] serenity of temper
Words related to Philosophy
system, thought, outlook, theory, viewpoint, thinking, idea, wisdom, ideology, attitude, truth, doctrine, logic, tenet, reasoning, view, conception, axiom, reason, values
Words nearby Philosophy
philosophical analysis, philosophical anthropology, philosophical logic, philosophism, philosophize, philosophy, philosophy of life, philter, philtre, philtrum, phimosis
Origin of Philosophy
1250–1300; Middle English philosophie < Latin philosophia < Greek philosophía. See philo-, -sophy
Other words from Philosophy
an·ti·phi·los·o·phy , adjective, noun, plural an·ti·phi·los·o·phies.
non·phi·los·o·phy , noun, plural non·phi·los·o·phies.
Word origin for Philosophy
C13: from Old French filosofie, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos lover of wisdom
Synonyms for Philosophy
attitude, doctrine, idea, ideology, logic, outlook, reasoning, system, tenet, theory, thinking, thought, truth, view, viewpoint, wisdom, aesthetics, axiom, beliefs, conception, convictions, metaphysics, ontology, rationalism, reason, values