philosophical belief

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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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofphilosophicalandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The existence of a positivephilosophicalbeliefdoes not depend on a negativephilosophicalbeliefto the contrary.
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This reflects thephilosophicalbeliefknown as nihilism.
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If we introduce religious belief, why notphilosophicalbelief, political belief, or, for that matter, irreligious belief?
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Moreover, it seems impossible from a distance to say in any generalized way just what is aphilosophicalbeliefand what is a religious belief, as we have seen.
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They certainly do not come fromphilosophicalbelief, but nor, it seems, do they come from experts and practitioners in the legal profession.
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Many people think that is right because some have a strongphilosophicalbelief, although they may not call it a religion.
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Some are due to overwhelming emotions or others can have a deepphilosophicalbelief.
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An alternative religion was deism, thephilosophicalbeliefin a deity based on reason, rather than religious revelation or dogma.
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A state integrated school is a state school with a special character based on a religious orphilosophicalbelief.
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Each integration agreement sets out the school's particular special character, which is usually a religious orphilosophicalbelief.
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However, he also appears to have accepted the traditionalphilosophicalbeliefthat the spheres are moved by an external mover.
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Deism is, in this perspective, a complicated waypoint on the path to atheism: deism is thephilosophicalbeliefin a deity based on reason.
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After all, your life and mine are not protected because of some religious orphilosophicalbeliefthat others are required to have about us.
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A state integrated school is a former private school with a special character based on a religious orphilosophicalbeliefthat has been integrated into the state system.
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