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So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
Peter L. Berger

Meaning of "philosophical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHILOSOPHICAL

philosophical  [ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Philosophical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHILOSOPHICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

philosophical

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. In more casual speech, by extension, "philosophy" can refer to "the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group". The word "philosophy" comes from the Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία, which literally means "love of wisdom". The introduction of the terms "philosopher" and "philosophy" has been ascribed to the Greek thinker Pythagoras.

Definition of philosophical in the English dictionary

The first definition of philosophical in the dictionary is of or relating to philosophy or philosophers. Other definition of philosophical is reasonable, wise, or learned. Philosophical is also calm and stoical, esp in the face of difficulties or disappointments.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHILOSOPHICAL


anthroposophical
ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɒfɪkəl
autobiographic
ˈɔːtəʊˌbaɪəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
autobiographical
ˌɔːtəˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
bibliographical
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
biogeographical
ˌbaɪəʊˌdʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
biographical
ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
fickle
ˈfɪkəl
geographic
dʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
geographical
ˌdʒiːəˈɡræfɪkəl
graphical
ˈɡræfɪkəl
historiographical
hɪsˌtɔːrɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
hypertrophical
ˌhaɪpəˈtrɒfɪkəl
lexicographical
ˌleksɪkəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
pansophical
pænˈsɒfɪkəl
photographical
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪkəl
strophical
ˈstrɒfɪkəl
theosophical
θɪəˈsɒfɪkəl
topographical
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪkəl
typographical
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl
unphilosophical
ˌʌnˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHILOSOPHICAL

philosopher kings
philosopher´s stone
philosopher´s wool
philosopheress
philosophess
philosophic
philosophical analysis
philosophical logic
philosophically
philosophicalness
philosophies
philosophisation
philosophiser
philosophism
philosophist
philosophistic
philosophization
philosophize
philosophizer
philosophizing

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHILOSOPHICAL

anarchical
autographical
bioethical
cartographical
chemical
demographical
epigraphical
ethical
ethnographical
hierarchical
hydrographical
iconographical
monarchical
mythical
nonhierarchical
oligarchical
orthographical
psychical
stratigraphical
unethical
zoogeographical

Synonyms and antonyms of philosophical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PHILOSOPHICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «philosophical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of philosophical

Translation of «philosophical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHILOSOPHICAL

Find out the translation of philosophical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of philosophical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «philosophical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哲学的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filosófico
570 millions of speakers

English

philosophical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दार्शनिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فلسفية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

философская
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

filosófico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দার্শনিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

philosophique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Falsafah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

philosophisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

哲学の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철학의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filsafat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

triết học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தத்துவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दार्शनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

felsefi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filosofico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filozoficzna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

філософська
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filosofică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλοσοφικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filosofiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

filosofiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

filosofisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of philosophical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILOSOPHICAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILOSOPHICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about philosophical

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10 QUOTES WITH «PHILOSOPHICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word philosophical.
1
Jack Abramoff
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.
2
Freda Adler
Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.
3
Peter L. Berger
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
4
Annie Besant
The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics.
5
Larry Bishop
I always see that there's a - from a philosophical point of view - there's the appearance of things that everybody wants you to think is happening, then there's the reality underneath it.
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Harold Bloom
What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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Jack Bowman
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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Nicolas Cage
When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'
9
Jane Campion
I can get very philosophical and ask the questions Keats was asking as a young guy. What are we here for? What's a soul? What's it all about? What is thinking about, imagination?
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Wilhelm Dilthey
We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHILOSOPHICAL»

Discover the use of philosophical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to philosophical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philosophical Investigations
Incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century ...
Ludwig Wittgenstein, P. M. S. Hacker, Joachim Schulte, 2010
2
Philosophical Explanations
Nozick analyzes fundamental issues, such as the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the foundations of ethics, and the meaning of life
Robert Nozick, 1981
3
Philosophical Hermeneutics
This excellent collection contains 13 essays from Gadamer's Kleine Schriften, dealing with hermeneutical reflection, phenomenology, existential philosophy, and philosophical hermeneutics.
Hans-Georg Gadamer, David Edward Linge, 2008
4
Philosophical Essays
Although Leibniz's writing forms an enormous corpus, no single work stands as a cannonical expression of his whole philosophy.
Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz, Roger Ariew, Daniel Garber, 1989
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Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy: An Anthology
This collection of essays makes readily accessible many of the most significant and influential discussions of privacy.
Ferdinand David Schoeman, 1984
6
Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon
This is the first such handbook available in English and its great value is that it isolates terms and allows the reader to follow their individual careers, while at the same time offering an evolutionary history of the concept instead of a ...
Francis E. Peters, 1967
7
Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters
Covers the history of jokes, how and why they work, and when they don't, and provides examples to give a clearer picture of the philosophy surrounding the humor
Ted Cohen, 1999
8
Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of ...
This is the first comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture to be published in the English language.
Nicholas Stanley Price, Mansfield Kirby Talley, Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro, 1996
9
The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings
"A convenient two-volume reader's edition makes accessible to students and scholars the most important philosophical papers of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce."--Back cover.
Charles Sanders Peirce, Nathan Houser, Christian J. W. Kloesel, 1998
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Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2: ...
This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date.
Scott Soames, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHILOSOPHICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term philosophical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jonnie Peacock remains philosophical after defeat by Richard Browne
Three years on from the victory that made him a household name, Jonnie Peacock was unable to rediscover the form that brought him ... «The Times, Jul 15»
2
COLUMN: Climate change debate is philosophical, not scientific
Editor's note: Today the Leader introduces its newest columnist, Aaron Breitkreutz. Breitkreutz has lived in Hutchinson his entire life, except ... «Crow River Media, Jul 15»
3
On Ethics: Exploration of outer space prompts philosophical reflection
Space exploration prompts deep philosophical reflection, even if we find that we are utterly alone in the universe. Consider how the discovery ... «Fresno Bee, Jul 15»
4
Top Cow's ROMULUS Promises 'Violent Philosophical Story' About …
Bryan Edward Hill: It's a violent, philosophical story about the occult forces that may control our world in secret, the various miseries they cause ... «Newsarama, Jul 15»
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Book review: Philosophical Toys gives inanimate objects a life of …
This is only the first of the confusions between the animate and the inanimate that litter Philosophical Toys. Children half-believe that their toys ... «The National, Jul 15»
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The Philosophical Importance of Algorithms
Second, I want to consider the philosophical importance of this process. In writing about these two things, I'll be drawing heavily from the work ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»
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Travelling On The Road To Gehenna In The Talos Principle's …
What made The Talos Principle stand out from the crowd, though, was its complex and philosophical story. Elohim's booming voice is often ... «TheSixthAxis, Jul 15»
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Gire: Woody's philosophical crime comedy Kant cut it
A philosophy student (Emma Stone) falls for her tragically romantic professor (Joaquin Phoenix) in Woody Allen's comic take on life in a random ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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Monday/Friday get philosophical with 'Sugar & Salt'
Yamin Semali and Illastrate have a new project together called Monday/Friday — Yamin handles the vocals and cuts, Ill takes care of the ... «Creative Loafing Atlanta, Jul 15»
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Centre College hosts Kentucky Philosophical Association Summer …
After successfully hosting the Kentucky Philosophical Association ... the nation and abroad to present philosophical essays to their peers. «Centre College News, Jul 15»

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