Definitions of philosophy on the Web:
• doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by
some group or school
• the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge
and ethics
• any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation;
"self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of
child-rearing was to let mother do it"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• Philosophy is the discipline concerned with the questions of how one
should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their
essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge
(epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
• love of wisdom (Plato)
home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/ev-glossary.html
• a study of human morals, character and behavior
www.millicentrogers.org/glossary.htm
• "The objects of philosophy . . . are upon the whole the same as those of
religion. In both the object is Truth, in that supreme sense in which God
and God only is Truth." Logic § 1.
www.class.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Hegel%20Glossary.htm
• love of wisdom'; rational investigation of theories and principles or
knowledge, existence, and conduct.
ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryp.html
• concerning possibility, impossibility, necessity or contingency
www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/philos/glossary/m.htm
• [3: History of Western Philosophy ]; [3: Dictionary of philosophical terms
and names ]; [3: Philosophers ]; [3:Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
]; [3: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ]; [3: Berkeley University ];
[Kemerling's philosophy timeline ]
www.ecotao.com/holism/glosoz.htm
• the systematic inquiry of the fundamental questions concerning, among
other things, the nature of reality (metaphysics), the justification of belief
(epistemology), and the conduct of life (ethcis).
garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~cmh9639/phi2010/glossary.htm
• (Greek, "Love of wisdom"): The methodical and systematic exploration
of what we know, how we know it, and why it is important that we know
it. Too frequently, students use the term somewhat nebulously. They
often mistakenly state, "My philosophy about X is . . . ...
web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_P.html
• The love, study, or pursuit of wisdom or of knowledge of things and their
causes, whether theoretical or practical, the study of all Wisdom at the
Source and of all Principle as Creation.
miriams-well.org/Glossary/index.html
• Gary M. Kenyon, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada
books.elsevier.com/companions/9780122268601/articles.htm
• The study of seeking knowledge and wisdom in understanding the
nature of the universe, man, ethics, art, love, purpose, etc.
www.carm.org/atheism/terms.htm
• Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral selfdiscipline.
www.jabcreations.com/philosophy/philosophy-definitions.php
• 50, 249-58. Reprinted in Block 1980.
spot.colorado.edu/~rupertr/DynaSYNTH.doc
• (Gk., love of knowledge or wisdom) The study of the most general and
abstract features of the world and categories with which we think: mind,
matter, reason, proof, truth, etc. In philosophy, the concepts with which
we approach the world themselves become the topic of enquiry. ...
www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/intro/odop.html
• The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
www.theology.edu/theology/glossary.htm
• These sections are small; but specialists will no doubt find in them a
number of interesting codices for collation. The most noteworthy
manuscripts are: in ethics, the unique "Ge' Ḥizzayon" of Abraham b.
Jacob, and two copies of a Persian version in Hebrew characters of
Abraham b. ...
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp
• A Glossary of Terms William J. Tsamis
www.apologetics.org/glossary.html
• A rational, logical methodology or practice of approaching questions
which lie outside the realm of hard science. For instance, what is the
purpose of life? What is the nature of the soul? What is moral? These
questions cannot be answered (at this time) by scientific
experimentation. ...
www.jashan.net/sites/satanism/dict-common.php
• the study of truths about reality. The search for wisdom.
www.kyhorsepark.com/imh/china/ed/glos.html