Philosophy vs Sociology - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
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(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.
To philosophize.
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The study of society, human social interaction and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions
As nouns the difference between philosophy and sociology
is that philosophy is (uncountable|originally) the love of wisdom while sociology is the study of society, human social interaction and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions.As a verb philosophy
is to philosophize.philosophy
English
(wikipedia philosophy)Alternative forms
* philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)Noun
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- 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
Meronyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* analytic philosophy * antiphilosophy * continental philosophy * personal philosophy * philosophize * philosophy of mindVerb
- 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.