DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY:
This definition comes from the Collier's Encyclopedia 1998 Multimedia Edition Dictionary:
n.pl. phi•los•o•phies [abbr.: ]phil. philos.
a.Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual
means and moral self-discipline.
b.The investigation of causes and laws
c.A system of philosophical inquiry or
2.Inquiry into the nature of things based on logical
reasoning rather than empirical methods.
3.The critique and analysis of fundamental beliefs as
they come to be conceptualized and formulated.
4.The synthesis of all learning.
5.All learning except technical precepts and
6.All the disciplines presented in university
curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except
medicine, law, and theology.
7.The science comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics,
metaphysics, and epistemology.
8.A system of motivating concepts or principles: the
philosophy of a culture.
9.A basic theory; a viewpoint: an original
philosophy of advertising.
10.The system of values by which one lives: has an
unusual philosophy of life.