philosophy

/fi'lɔsəfi/

Thân thiện

A student reads a book about philosophy in the library.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A personal belief or set of beliefs about the fundamental nature of life, reality, and conduct: A guiding principle or attitude used to approach life and situations.
   • The academic discipline that uses reason and logic to study fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language: The rational, critical inquiry into these areas.

Examples

• Noun (Personal Belief):
  • Her philosophy is to treat others as she wishes to be treated.
  • "Live and let live" is his simple philosophy.
• Noun (Academic Discipline):
  • He studied philosophy at university.
  • Ancient Greek philosophy has influenced Western thought for centuries.

Advanced Usage

• "Philosophy of...": Used to denote a particular branch or school of thought within the discipline.
  • The philosophy of science examines the assumptions and foundations of scientific knowledge.
  • Her research focuses on the philosophy of mind.
• In a figurative sense: To accept something calmly or with resignation.
  • He accepted the bad news with philosophy.

Variants and Related Words

• Philosopher (n): A person engaged or learned in philosophy.
  • Socrates was a famous Greek philosopher.
• Philosophical (adj):
  • Relating to the study of philosophy.

    • a philosophical debate
  • Calm and stoical in the face of difficulty.

    • She was philosophical about losing the game.
• Philosophize (v): To think or reason like a philosopher; to speculate or theorize.
  • They liked to sit and philosophize about the meaning of life.

Synonyms

• Doctrine: A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a group.
• Worldview: A particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.
• Ethos: The characteristic spirit or set of guiding beliefs of a community or ideology.

Related Phrases

• Philosophy of life: An overall vision or attitude toward life and its purpose.
  • Travel and experience form the core of his philosophy of life.
• Take something philosophically: To accept an event or outcome calmly and without excessive emotion.
  • When his project failed, he took it philosophically and started planning the next one.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
   • self-indulgence was his only philosophy
   • my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it
2. the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
3. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Từ đồng nghĩa

• doctrine
• philosophical system
• school of thought
• ism