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philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
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arts,
humanistic discipline,
humanities,
liberal arts studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
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ethics,
moral philosophy the philosophical study of moral values and rules
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aetiology,
etiology the philosophical study of causation
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aesthetics,
esthetics (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value"
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axiology the study of values and value judgments
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jurisprudence,
law,
legal philosophy the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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metaphysics the philosophical study of being and knowing
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dialectic any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
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epistemology the philosophical theory of knowledge
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transcendentalism,
transcendental philosophy any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
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philosophy - any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it" |
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belief any cognitive content held as true
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