Philosophical vs Logical - What's the difference?
philosophical | logical | Synonyms |
Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
* 1846 , , "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine ,
Detached, calm, stoic.
* 1911 , , "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"
(not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
Reasonable.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
(computing) Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
* 1986 , Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version
Philosophical is a synonym of logical.
As adjectives the difference between philosophical and logical
is that philosophical is of, or pertaining to, philosophy while logical is (not comparable) in agreement with the principles of logic.philosophical
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Alternative forms
* philosophicall (obsolete) * phylosophical (nonstandard) * phylosophicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
- She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
Antonyms
* nonphilosophicalSynonyms
* philosophicDerived terms
* philosophicallyExternal links
* (wikipedia "philosophical")logical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
- It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program