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philosophy

noun
/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/UK/fɪˈlɑ.sə.fi/US

Etymology

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.

  1. derived from φιλοσοφία
  2. derived from philosophia
  3. derived from philosophie
  4. inherited from philosophie

Definitions

  1. An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often…

    An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.

    • Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.

  2. A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

    • a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education

  3. A general principle (usually moral).

    • As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A comprehensive system of belief.

    2. The love of wisdom.

    3. A calm and thoughtful demeanor

      A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.

    4. Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).

      • Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^([sic]) sometimes known, philosophy. – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.

    5. A broader branch of (non-applied) science.

      • natural philosophy

    6. To philosophize.

      • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying, Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

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Derived

analytic philosophy, antiphilosophy, astrophilosophy, biophilosophy, continental philosophy, counterphilosophy, critical philosophy, cyberphilosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, ecophilosophy, ecosophy, ethnophilosophy, first philosophy, foolosophy, geophilosophy, metaphilosophy, moral philosophy, natural philosophy, nature philosophy, neurophilosophy, nonphilosophy, ordinary language philosophy, Oxford philosophy, perennial philosophy, personal philosophy, philosophist, philosophize, philosophylike, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, Philosothon, physiophilosophy, protophilosophy, pseudophilosophy, psychophilosophy, religiophilosophy, rosewater philosophy, social philosophy, sociophilosophy, speculative philosophy · +5 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at philosophy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at philosophy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at philosophy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA