philosophy
- philosophy
I
(Roget's IV)
n.
1. [The study of knowledge]
Syn. theory, reasoned doctrine, explanation of phenomena, logical concept, systematic view, theory of knowledge, early science, natural philosophy; see also
knowledge 1 .
Fields of philosophy include: aesthetics, logic, ethics, ontology, cosmology, metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, axiology.
Schools of philosophy include: Egyptian, Confucianism, Ionian, Milesian, Pythagorean, Eleatic, Sophist, Cyrenaic, Cynic, Megarian, Platonic, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Stoic, Skeptic, Gnostic, Neo-Platonic, Eclectic, Patristic, Arabian, Jewish, Cabalist, Scholastic, Modern, Marxist.
Philosophic attitudes include: idealism, realism, stoicism, deism, existentialism, nihilism, mechanism, naturalism, determinism, natural realism, intuitionism, utilitarianism, teleology, nominalism, conceptualism, pragmatism, monism, dualism, egoism, pluralism, pejorism, Kantianism, Hegelianism, logical empiricism, absolutism, transcendentalism, logical positivism.
2. [A fundamental principle]
3. [A personal attitude or belief]
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
n.
knowledge, logic, pursuit of truth, wisdom, deep thought, reason, metaphysics, theory. ''Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.''—Franklin Adams. ''The purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.''— T.S. Eliot. ''Common sense in a dress suit.''—Oliver Braston. ''A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.''— Ambrose Bierce.
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