philosophy

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Alternative forms

• philosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophie (obsolete)
• phylosophy (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία, from φίλος (philos, “beloved”) & σοφία (sophia, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪlˈɒsəfi/

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Noun

philosophy (countable and uncountable; plural philosophies)

1. (uncountable) (originally) The love of wisdom
2. (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism

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

3. (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
4. (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

   a philosophy of government

   a philosophy of education

5. (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
6. (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science

Meronyms

• See also Wikisaurus:philosophy

Derived terms

• analytic philosophy
• antiphilosophy
• continental philosophy
• personal philosophy
• philosophize
• philosophy of mind

Related terms

• philology
• philosopher
• philosophic
• philosophical
• philosophically

Translations

the pursuit of wisdom

Dutch: wijsbegeerte (nl) f. Japanese: 悟り (ja) (さとり, satori)

Macedonian: мудрување (mk) (mudrúvanje) n. Scottish Gaelic: feallsanachd (gd) f.

academic discipline

Arabic: فلسفة (fálsafa) f. Armenian: փիլիսոփայություն (hy) (p’ilisop’ayut’yun) Basque: filosofia (eu) Bulgarian: философия (bg) (filosofiya) Catalan: filosofia Chinese: 哲学 (zhéxué) Croatian: filozofija (hr) f. Czech: filozofie (cs) f., filosofie (cs) f. Danish: filosofi (da) c. Dutch: filosofie (nl) f., wijsbegeerte (nl) f. Esperanto: filozofio Finnish: filosofia (fi) French: philosophie (fr) f. German: Philosophie (de) f. Greek: φιλοσοφία (el) (philosophia) f. Hungarian: filozófia (hu) Ido: filozofio (io) Indonesian: filsafat (id) Interlingua: philosophia (ia) Italian: filosofia (it) f.

Japanese: 哲学 (ja) (てつがく, tetsugaku) Khmer: ទស្សនវិជ្ជា (km) (tʊəhsana vɨcchie) Korean: 철학 (cheolhak) Latin: philosophia (la) f. Macedonian: философија (mk) (filosófija) f., филозофија (mk) (filozófija) f. Malay: falsafah (ms) Polish: filozofia (pl) f. Portuguese: filosofia (pt) f. Romanian: filozofie (ro) f. Russian: философия (ru) (filosófija) f. Scottish Gaelic: feallsanachd (gd) f. Serbian: filozofija (sr) (филозофија) f. Spanish: filosofía (es) f. Swedish: filosofi (sv) c. Tagalog: pilosopya (tl) Tajik: фалсафа (tg) (falsafa) Thai: ปรัชญา (th) (bpràtyaa) Volapük: filosop (vo) West Frisian: wiisbegearte (fy)

comprehensive system of belief

Arabic: فلسفة (fálsafa) f., مذهب (máðhab) m. Armenian: փիլիսոփայություն (hy) (p’ilisop’ayut’yun) Catalan: filosofia Croatian: filozofija (hr) f. Czech: filozofie (cs) f. Dutch: filosofie (nl) f. Esperanto: filozofio Finnish: filosofia (fi)

Hungarian: filozófia (hu) Japanese: 哲学 (ja) (てつがく, tetsugaku) Macedonian: философија (mk) (filosófija) f., филозофија (mk) (filozófija) f. Romanian: filozofie (ro) f. Russian: философия (ru) (filosófija) f. Scottish Gaelic: feallsanachd (gd) f. Swedish: filosofi (sv) c. West Frisian: filosofy (fy) c.

view regarding fundamental principles

Arabic: مذهب (máðhab) m., عقيدة (ʕaqīda) f. Armenian: փիլիսոփայություն (hy) (p’ilisop’ayut’yun) Catalan: filosofia Croatian: filozofija (hr) f. Dutch: filosofie (nl) f. Finnish: filosofia (fi) Hungarian: filozófia (hu)

Japanese: 方針 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin), 方向 (ja) (ほうこう, hōkō), , 主義 (ja) (しゅぎ, shugi); (figurative) 哲学 (ja) (てつがく, tetsugaku) Macedonian: философија (mk) (filosófija) f., филозофија (mk) (filozófija) f. Romanian: filozofie (ro) f. Russian: философия (ru) (filosófija) f. Scottish Gaelic: feallsanachd (gd) f. Swedish: filosofi (sv) c.

general principle

Arabic: مبدأ (mábda’) m., مذهب (máðhab) m. Armenian: փիլիսոփայություն (hy) (p’ilisop’ayut’yun) Catalan: filosofia Croatian: filozofija (hr) f. Dutch: filosofie (nl) f. Finnish: filosofia (fi), periaate (fi) Hungarian: filozófia (hu)

Japanese: 方針 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin), 方向 (ja) (ほうこう, hōkō), , 主義 (ja) (しゅぎ, shugi); (figurative) 哲学 (ja) (てつがく, tetsugaku) Macedonian: философија (mk) (filosófija) f., филозофија (mk) (filozófija) f. Romanian: filozofie (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: feallsanachd (gd) f. Swedish: filosofi (sv) c.

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Italian: filosofia f. Serbo-Croatian: filozofija f. Mandarin: 哲学 (zhéxué) Estonian: filosoofia French: philosophie German: Philosophie f. Greek: φιλοσοφία (filosofía) f. (1,2,3,4), κοσμοθεωρία (kozmotheoria) f. (2) Icelandic: heimspeki

Lithuanian: filosofija f. Maltese: filosofija f. Portuguese: filosofia f. Romanian: filosofie/filozofie f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: филозофија f. Roman: filozofija f. Spanish: filosofía f. Telugu: తత్వం (tatvaM), తాత్వికత h(taatvikata) Ukrainian: філософія (filosofija) f.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms
• ideology