philosophical thought

collocation in English

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philosophical
adjective
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/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑː.fɪ.kəl/
relating to the study or writing ...
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thought
noun[C or U]
uk
/θɔːt/us
/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
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This common-sense misconception then finds its way intophilosophicalthought.
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We have already observed, however, that the early modern historians of heresy and civil government were no less preoccupied withphilosophicalthought.
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Cassirer has, indeed, offered an argument that would be equally sensitive to the facts of historical change as to the consistency ofphilosophicalthought.
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One is left with thisphilosophicalthought: if the offence of conspiracy did not exist it would have to be invented.
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Let me conclude with aphilosophicalthought.
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Many references to contemporaryphilosophicalthoughtare made with the purpose of refuting the opinions of nonbelievers.
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There are various schools ofphilosophicalthoughtthat posits honesty to be morally right and lying to be morally wrong.
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He teaches courses in evolutionary theory, the interplay between scientific, social, andphilosophicalthought, and writing.
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Thephilosophicalthoughtof this period ranged freely through many subjects.
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This view has a wide variety of uses in providing a framework forphilosophicalthought, including providing a non-modal analysis of necessity and possibility.
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In hisphilosophicalthoughtneo-platonic ideas prevail; and astrology also had a place in his view of the world.
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Wimmer concerns himself with the history ofphilosophicalthoughtwhich has to be rewritten in order to include other traditions beside the occidental.
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It included details of the economic andphilosophicalthought, and examination of positive and negative aspects of the organisation.
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This work did much to bring the concept of technology into the forefront ofphilosophicalthoughtduring the 1960s.
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His medical education in particular was to play a central role in much of his laterphilosophicalthought.
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There is a school ofphilosophicalthought, called realism that says that natural kinds and other so called "universals" do exist.
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The most originalphilosophicalthoughtof this philosopher is concerned with the relations between believers and the object of their faith or religious belief.
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Different schools of philosophy interpret such fundamental statements in significantly different ways, so as to be consistent with their ownphilosophicalthought.
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