natural philosophy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandphilosophy
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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philosophy
noun
uk/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 ofnaturalandphilosophyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Conjecturing may be a useful step even innaturalphilosophy.
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So were the implied boundaries of hisnaturalphilosophy.
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The influence ofnaturalphilosophydebates was much disputed.
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Naturalphilosophywas supposed to lead to moral virtue, to modesty and religious reverence.
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On the other hand, purists felt that such commercialization tainted the true pursuit ofnaturalphilosophy.
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Since the cosmos and its order were divine, theology andnaturalphilosophynecessarily coincided.
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And before long there were other kinds ofnaturalphilosophytoo.
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In fact,naturalphilosophywas a distinct undertaking, with its own aims, objects, and approaches.
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The 1750s may well have been the high point for women's participation innaturalphilosophy.
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Science in those days was divided into two branches,naturalphilosophyand natural history.
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In this sense, nature, andnaturalphilosophy, came to be seen as theologically neutral.
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Masters teaching in theology faculties frequently called uponnaturalphilosophyto help resolve theological issues.
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These includednaturalphilosophyincluding medicine (hikmat), theology, law, astronomy, arithmetic, geometry, logic and rhetoric.
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We should apply this train of ideas tonaturalphilosophy, in relation to cosmic life.
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The reappraisal ofnaturalphilosophyhere has a major interpretative consequence.
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In these writings considerations ofnaturalphilosophyare limited to the preface or introductory chapter.
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Even judges well-informed innaturalphilosophycould not possibly keep up with the latest developments.
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The metaphor is consonant with the developments innaturalphilosophyof the same period.
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We also know much about contributions to mathematics andnaturalphilosophyby the most famous professors.
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He thought that this fact would encourage his contemporaries to pursuenaturalphilosophyas well.
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These schools too concentrated on texts on astronomy andnaturalphilosophythat included medicine.
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Other scholars found a middle ground, accepting the validity ofnaturalphilosophy, while diminishing its importance.
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Tied to these displays of longitude was another public encounter withnaturalphilosophyoccurring almost simultaneously.
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The two doctrines together formed the foundations for transfor mingnaturalphilosophyinto experimental philosophy.
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He wished to replace the oldnaturalphilosophy, which he found wanting, with a mechanistically conceived physics.
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