philosophy
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.
Example
“Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.”
Other meanings
A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
“a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education”
A general principle (usually moral).
Related words
- ecosophy
- philosophist
- Philosothon
- protophilosophy
- technophilosophy
- unphilosophy
- analytic philosophy
- antiphilosophy
- astrophilosophy
- social philosophy
- biophilosophy
- continental philosophy
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "φιλοσοφία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “philosophy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.