philosophical dispute
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphilosophicalanddispute
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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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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈspjuːt/us/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition ofphilosophicalanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In several experiments, we have examined some of the noncausal base-rate problems that are notorious for provokingphilosophicaldispute.
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Though their clash involved personal, professional and political differences,3 at its heart was a scientific and ultimatelyphilosophicaldisputethat was grounded in their earliest work.
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I do not want to get into aphilosophicaldisputewith him, but he is mistaken if he thinks that.
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But how we clear up the mess is a matter for discussion and forphilosophicaldisputebetween the two sides.
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At the same time there is something behindphilosophicaldisputewhich deserves to be retained.
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But this is not a purelyphilosophicaldispute.
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I do not believe that on an occasion like this one can solve thephilosophicaldisputeabout whether there should or not be compulsory control of pay and prices.
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Such discrepancies help to illustrate a more general problem as to how intellectual historians read philosophical disputes.
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The inverted spectrum turns up in a variety of different philosophical disputes.
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I will be concerned, in particular, with one set of political and philosophical disputes, over sovereignty and global commerce, which was of intense interest to many of the economists.
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At this point, objections leave the arena of evolutionary biology and become general scientific or philosophical disputes.
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