simple past tense and past participle of philosophy

Obsolete form of philosophy.

(now rare) To philosophize.

(uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom. / (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism. / (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.

plural of philosophy

present participle of philosophy

(uncountable) Philosophy, especially traditional metaphysical philosophy, which makes claims that cannot be verified by everyday experience of the physical world or by a scientific method.

(philosophy) Ethics.

(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.

A Kantian approach to philosophy, in which the primary purpose is not to establish and demonstrate theories about reality, but rather to subject all theories to critical review.