philosophical approach

collocation in English

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philosophical
adjective
uk
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑː.fɪ.kəl/
relating to the study or writing ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/
us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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He argued that there seems to be a convergence between the "device approach" and the "philosophicalapproach" to the brain.
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However, they have aphilosophicalapproachrather than using direct evidence that the nervous system analyzes sensory information in a highly flexible manner.
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In this work aphilosophicalapproachis provided that is appropriate to the texts themselves.
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A change inphilosophicalapproachto address sustainability may be more important than simply changing practices54.
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Eventually, this largely theoretical andphilosophicalapproachto music study lost its exalted place in the general university curriculum, giving way to an onslaught of humanistic, mathematical and scientific subjects.
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Fried's article is thus of very wide philosophical significance, making the specific claim for a generalphilosophicalapproach.
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This is not a way of claiming that when there is a difference between the economic approach and thephilosophicalapproachthephilosophicalapproachis superior.
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That seems to be the rightphilosophicalapproach.
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This is not the first time that we have heard thatphilosophicalapproachfrom him.
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There is nothing in their fundamentalphilosophicalapproachto education which would suggest why they should be so far ahead of us.
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Our position is based on a deepphilosophicalapproach.
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We share the objective of relieving poverty, but we differ in ourphilosophicalapproach.
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We need to keep cool heads and adopt aphilosophicalapproach.
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We must make thatphilosophicalapproachclear and accept it as the basis on which we encourage organ donorship.
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I am speaking now about people who wish to preserve for their children a rightphilosophicalapproachtowards education.
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It represents aphilosophicalapproach, the guaranteeing of statutory employment rights, which is commendable.
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It might have been useful if, before they had done so, we had debated thephilosophicalapproachto insurance.
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It is most extraordinary to elevate bad government into a misapplied science, because that is what this greatphilosophicalapproachto politics achieves.
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He has aphilosophicalapproachto these matters, which is identical to my own.
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