philosophy

«philosophy» in Mova's school dictionary: the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (philosophy, philosophies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Philosophy is the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right and wrong, the mind and what is real, by thinking carefully and arguing with reasons. tree →

2) A philosophy is a particular set of ideas from a thinker or group, like the philosophy of Plato. tree →

3) A person's philosophy is their way of thinking about how to live or work, as in "My philosophy is to always try my best". tree →

sense in the lessons

In some schools children do "philosophy for children" (P4C), where they discuss questions like "Is it ever OK to lie?" and give reasons. In ethics lessons philosophy helps think about dilemmas. In everyday life people say "my philosophy" to explain their personal rules. Phrases: "study philosophy", "a philosophy of life", "my philosophy is", "Greek philosophy".

examples

• In philosophy club we discussed whether animals can think. tree →
• Socrates was a famous teacher of philosophy in ancient Greece. tree →
• My grandad's philosophy is "never give up". tree →
• She is studying philosophy at university. tree →
• The coach's philosophy is that every player gets a turn. tree →
• Philosophy asks questions like "What makes something fair?" tree →
• Different religions and philosophies have different ideas about happiness. tree →
• “Then you should certainly lecture on Philosophy,” said the Dragon-fly; and he spread a pair of lovely gauze wings and soared away into the sky. tree →

note

Uncountable for the subject ("I love philosophy"); countable for a set of ideas ("two philosophies"). Plural: philosophies (y → ies). A person who studies it is a philosopher; adjective: philosophical. The word comes from Greek and means "love of wisdom".

In the corpora

• Teams may draw on religious teaching, philosophy, law or experience, explaining why it matters to the case.
• All faiths and philosophies try to make sense of death, and all value life and remembering.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «philosophy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.