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philosophy | philosophizing |

As nouns the difference between philosophy and philosophizing

is that philosophy is the love of wisdom while philosophizing is philosophical thought or discussion.

As verbs the difference between philosophy and philosophizing

is that philosophy is to philosophize while philosophizing is present participle of lang=en.

philosophy

English

(wikipedia philosophy)

Alternative forms

* philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)

Noun

  • (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
  • (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
    • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
  • (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
  • (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
  • (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.

    • Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

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

    Related terms

    * philology * philosopher * philosophic * philosophical * philosophically

    Verb

  • To philosophize.
  • *, II.12:
    • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying , Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

    See also

    * * ideology

    philosophizing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • philosophical thought or discussion
  • * 1853 , New Englander and Yale Review (volume 11, page 281)
    • This application of their philosophizings is perfectly legitimate, and the conclusions drawn from these premises are logically and even morally just.