modern philosophy

collocation in English

meaningsofmodernandphilosophy

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modern
adjective
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/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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philosophy
noun
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/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/us
/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of ...
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(Definition ofmodernandphilosophyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All scholars of earlymodernphilosophywill welcome its appearance.
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This was the direct source of radical doubt inmodernphilosophy.
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Apart from causal inference, his research interests are economic methodology, concept formation, thought experiments and history ofmodernphilosophy.
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Occasionally in scholarly literature, one will find references to thinkers far removed frommodernphilosophylabeled as fideists.
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Any one familiar with the history of earlymodernphilosophyand science will not find these questions or similar ones new.
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Seeking an alternative authority to absolutism and religion, liberals seized upon utilitarianism as amodernphilosophycapable of giving them the intellectual credibility they wanted.
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Concerned to illustrate the hiatus between medieval andmodernphilosophy, he frequently tries to show how superior a project the medieval one was.
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There is a very practical point in themodernphilosophyof education.
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Some have linked those traditional faiths with particular strains ofmodernphilosophy, psychology or therapy.
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In contrast tomodernphilosophy, he pointed out, these religions do not view human physical existence as the supreme element but only as one element of a complex reality.
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This is part of amodernphilosophywhich has grown up very recently among a tiny group of people.
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His foci are ethics, applied ethics, and earlymodernphilosophy.
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His interests aremodernphilosophy, social philosophy, and gender studies.
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This preoccupation with essence dissipated in much ofmodernphilosophy.
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I suggest that all students should come into contact with some of the language analysis techniques ofmodernphilosophywithin foundation courses.
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His primary interests include epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and history ofmodernphilosophy.
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His professional interests are epistemology (in particular), earlymodernphilosophy, and ethics.
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This is in keeping with themodernphilosophyof treating patients in the least restrictive setting.
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Verification theory and reductionism have been adopted, as we know, by themodernphilosophyof science.
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Recent issues have been concerned with perception, agency,modernphilosophy, identity, and free will.
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In many ways, it had an important influence onmodernphilosophy, as well as modern science.
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How one decides these questions will determine the scope of one's use ofmodernphilosophy.
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The 17th and early 20th centuries roughly mark the beginning and the end ofmodernphilosophy.
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One is that we have reached the stage inmodernphilosophywhere women are entitled to be treated exactly the same as men for all practical purposes.
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