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Phillip Hamilton Phillip Hamilton (born 1961 in Toronto, Canada, though not Canadian) is the author of the book, The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family. He is currently working on The History of Christopher Newport University, a local university in Virginia.
Phillip Inzerillo Phillip Inzerillo (born March 4, 1984 in Alhambra, California) was a trombone player for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined the band in late 2005 to play trombone in the place Ryan Dallas Cook who tragically passed on October 19, 2005 in a hit-and-run accident.
Phillip Island Named after Governor Arthur Phillip, Phillip Island in Victoria (Australia) forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of Western Port Bay. The island area is 10300 hectares and it is 26 kilometres long and 9 kilometres at it's widest.
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit The first races on Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit took place in 1926 with the first Australian Grand Prix, known as the 100 Mile Race. It used, as was traditional at the time, a high speed rectangle of local closed-off public roads with four incidental right hand corners.
Phillip Jackson Phillip Jackson (born September 22, 1950 in Chicago, IL) has had a diverse career including serving as Senior Vice President of Kroch’s & Brentano’s; Assistant Budget Director for the City of Chicago; Deputy Chief of Staff, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Chief of Staff of the Chicago Public Schools; Chief Executive Officer for the Chicago Housing Authority; Chief of Education for the City of Chicago; and Founder and Executive Director of The Black Star Project. Throughout these experiences, the theme of his work continues to be providing opportunities for and improving the life quality of others.
Phillip Kellam Phillip Kellam (born 1956) is a politician from a well known political family in Virginia Beach. He has served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach for almost 9 years, and ran for Congress in .
Phillip Knightley Phillip Knightley (born January 23, 1929) is a multi-award winning journalist, critic, and non-fiction author, visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, England, and media commentator on the intelligence services and propaganda.
Phillip Leuluai Phillip Leuluai (born July 16 1977 in Greenlake, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition, he previously played for the Newtown Jets before signing on to the Sharks in 2005. His position of choice is at Second Row though he can also play Prop Forward.
Phillip Levin Phillip Levin (born September 20, 1986) works for Advanced Media Network and is currently the editor-in-chief of AMN Wii. He oversees all Wii-related coverage on the network, including news, reviews, previews, editorials, specials and more.
Phillip Longman Phillip Longman (born April 21, 1956, Stuttgart, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany) is a renowned demographer. Presently he is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and he formerly worked as a senior writer and deputy assistant managing editor at U.
Phillip Lynch Sir Phillip Lynch (27 July, 1933 - June 19, 1984) was Treasurer and Minister for Finance of Australia under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. He later served as Minister for Industry and Commerce, also under Fraser.
Phillip Martin Phillip Martin is the democratically elected Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, a federally recognized American Indian tribe of 8,300 enrolled members living on or near 30,000 acres (120 km²) of reservation land in east central Mississippi. Martin has a 40 year record of service to the Tribal government, including 25 years as the Tribe's principal elected official.
Phillip Middlemiss Philip Middlesmiss is a British television actor, who was originally a popular character in ITV's Coronation Street, but his role ended when his character was murdered. He has since moved on to star in ITV's Where the Heart Is.
Phillip Morris Napier Thu People's Hero-Phillip Morris NaPier is an independent politician and candidate in the 2006 race for governor in the state of Maine. He has been the subject of controversy regarding his desire to have the ballot forms reflect what he holds to be his rightful legal name: "Thu People's Hero-Phillip Morris NaPier," which NaPier recently changed his name to.
Phillip Norman Ryan Phillip Norman Ryan (24 May 1912–25 March 1997), known as Norm Ryan, was an Australian politician, affiliated with the Australian Labor Party. He was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and served as Minister for Public Works from 1959-1965.
Phillip Osborne Phillip Osborne (16 March 1904 – 23 August 1936) was an early travelling companion of Wilfred Thesiger, educated at Christ's Hospital and Pembroke College, Oxford University. Osborne was a keen student of Greats and French Literature, gaining a first class degree before travelling to Syria where he became fluent in Arabic and conversant with Iron Age Semitic Culture.
Phillip Pannell Phillip Pannell was an African American teenager killed by Police Officer Gary Spath in Teaneck, New Jersey on April 10, 1990. Pannell was fleeing police when he was shot; Spath was later charged and acquitted on charges of manslaughterThe Teaneck Shooting Case, The New York Times, April 12, 1991.
Phillip Parotti Phillip Parotti (born 1941) is an American fiction writer and educator. His three mytho-historical novels, The Greek Generals Talk, The Trojan Generals Talk, and Fires in the Sky, all relate to the Trojan War, and have all been critically well-received.
Phillip Rogaway Phillip Rogaway is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. He graduated with an AB in computer science from UC Berkeley and completed his PhD in cryptography at MIT, in the Theory of Computation group.
Phillip Tahmindjis Phillip Tahmindjis (born February 7, 1968 in Kensington, New South Wales) is a former ice speed skater from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1988 in Calgary, Canada.
Phillip Van Dyke Phillip Van Dyke (born on June 13, 1984 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor best known for his role as the goblin Luke, in the first two of the Halloweentown movie series. He had a role in the short-lived series Family Court.
Phillips (lunar crater) Phillips is a lunar crater that is located in the vicinity of the Moon's east-southeastern limb. The larger Humboldt walled plain lies across the eastern rim of Phillips, and the outer [covers nearly half the interior floor.
Phillips Brooks House Association Phillips Brooks House Association is a student-run, staff supported public service/social action organization at Harvard College providing a variety of services to the Greater Boston community. PBHA is often called "the best course at Harvard.
Phillips Brooks School The Phillips Brooks School is an independent, coeducational, preschool-grade 5 day school located in Menlo Park, California. The school is commonly known as PBS and was founded in 1978 by a group of teachers and administrators who split off from the nearby Trinity School.
Phillips curve The Phillips curve is a historical inverse relation and tradeoff between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation in an economy. Stated simply, the lower the unemployment in an economy, the higher the rate of change in wages paid to labor in that economy.
Phillips de Pury & Company Phillips, de Pury & Company is an auction house and art dealership, with offices in New York, London, Geneva, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich and Paris. Phillips conducts auctions in New York, London and Geneva in the areas of Contemporary Art, Photography, 20-21st Century Design, Art and Jewellery.
Phillips Exeter Academy Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter, or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9-12, located on 619 acres Communications Office, "Facts 2006-2007: Phillips Exeter Academy," Exeter, 2006. in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, fifty miles north of Boston.
Phillips Gadabout The Phillips Gadabout was one of a number of mopeds produced in the early 1960's by Phillips Cycles of Birmingham, England. The Gadabout was the more expensive model, boasting two-speed manual transmission and telescopic front fork suspension.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough Phillips Lee Goldsborough I (August 6, 1865 - October 22, 1946), a member of the United States Republican Party, was a United States Senator representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to 1916 and Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1898-1900.
Phillips Panda The Phillips Panda was one of a number of mopeds produced by the Phillips Cycles company of England in the 1950's and early 1960's. The factory also produced the slightly more expensive Phillips Gadabout models.
Phillips Ranch (Pomona), California Phillips Ranch is a master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County, California. It is located near the Pomona Freeway (SR-60) and the Chino Valley Freeway (SR-71).
Phillips v Eyre Phillips v Eyre, (1870) LR 6 QB 1 is a famous English decision on the conflict of laws in tort. The Court developed a two prong test for determining whether a tort occurring outside of the court's jurisdiction can be actionable.
Phillips West, Minneapolis Phillips West is a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are East 22nd Street to the north, Chicago Avenue to the east, East Lake Street to the south, and Interstate 35W to the west.
Phillips, Craig and Dean Phillips, Craig and Dean is a Contemporary Christian Music trio comprised by Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean. They've been together since 1991 and they have had 18 #1 songs, several Dove nominations and one Dove award for participating in a special event album "My Utmost For His Highest".
Phillips, Minneapolis Phillips is a community in Minneapolis, just south of downtown. For the past couple decades, it has been considered the most blighted and crime-ridden area on the south side of Minneapolis, although there are efforts to change that.
Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey) Phillipsburg High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The school is located in the eastern part of the Lehigh Valley, at the Pennsylvania border.
Phillipsite Phillipsite is a mineral of the zeolite group; a hydrated potassium, calcium and aluminium silicate, approximating to (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O. (Also with sodium replaced by calcium: KCaAl3Si5O16·6H2Ohttp://mineral.
Phillumeny Phillumeny is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. Phillumenism is an archaic form arising from its early use from the mid 1940s into the 1950s; the internationally accepted word is phillumeny.
Philly (Fluke song) "Philly" is the fourth single by the English electronic music band Fluke. This was the band's first single to be released on a major record label, Creation Records as well as the band's first CD format released.
Philly Joe Jones Joseph Rudolph (Philly Joe) Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer. The name "Philly Joe" was used to avoid confusion with Jo Jones, the drummer from the Count Basie Orchestra, who became known as "Papa Jo Jones".
Philly Lutaaya Philly Bongoley Lutaaya (19 October, 1951 – 15 December, 1989) was a Ugandan musician who was the first prominent Ugandan to give a human face to HIV/AIDS. Before dying of AIDS, Lutaaya had spent his remaining healthy time writing songs about his battle with AIDS and touring churches and schools throughout Uganda to spread a message of prevention and hope.
Philmont Scout Ranch Philmont Scout Ranch is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips and now that of the Boy Scouts of America, is currently in use as a National High Adventure Base in which crews of Scouts and Venturers take part in backpacking expeditions and other outdoor activities.
Philmont Training Center The Philmont Training Center (PTC), located at the well-known Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico, has been the National Training Center of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) since 1950. The PTC offers week-long training conferences from June through September for council, district, and unit volunteers, BSA professionals, and youth leaders.
Philo Philo (20 BC - 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. The few biographical details concerning him are found in his own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium, ("embassy to Gaius") and in Josephus (Antiquities" xviii.
Philo (journal) Philo is a professional philosophy journal published by the Society of Humanist Philosophers. Issued biannually at the "Center for Inquiry", the journal is devoted to criticisms of theism and defenses or developments of naturalism.
Philo Gubb Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective, first appeared in the May 1913 issue of Red Book magazine, then one of many pulp magazines which featured short stories and serial novels. Gubb enrolled in a correspondence course offered by the Rising Sun Agency of Slocum, Ohio in response to a magazine advertisement.
Philo McGiffen Philo Norton McGiffen (December 12/13, 1860-February 11, 1897) was a late 19th century American naval officer later serving in Chinese service as a naval advisor during the First Sino-Japanese War. Although primarily skilled as an instructor and administrator, he proved a talented tactician during the Battle of the Yalu as well as the first American to command a modern battleship in wartime.
Philo of Byblos Philo of Byblos (Herennios Philon), (ca 64 - 141 CE) was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek. His name "Herennius" suggests that he was a client of the Consul suffectus Herennius Severus, through whom Philo could have achieved the status of a Roman citizen.
Philo-Semitism Philo-Semitism, Philosemitism, or Semitism is an interest in, respect for the Jewish people, as well as the love of everything Jewish, and the historical significance of Jewish culture and positive impact of Judaism in the history of the world. Although it is not new, it has only recently become a significant growing phenomenon in the modern world, represented (among other things) by an interest in Jewish culture and history, as well as increasing university enrollment by non-Jews in courses relating to Judaism (including Judaism, Hebrew and Jewish languages).
Philoclean Society The Philoclean Society at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey is one of the oldest collegiate literary societies in the United States, and among the oldest student organizations at Rutgers University. Founded in 1825, the society was one of two such organizations—the other being the Peithessophian Society—on campus devoted to the same purpose.
Philoctetes In Greek mythology, Philoctetes (also Philoktêtês or Philocthetes, Φιλοκτήτης) was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War.
Philodryas Philodryas is a genus of New World colubrid snakes, usually named green snakes. Although being a colubrid snake, usually regarded as inofensive, they are opisthoglyphous snakes and can, sometimes, cause some accidents.
Philogeny Philogeny was introduced as a Cybernetics term by Clark's book "Microcognition" (cited by Dawson), where the author argues that as mind is an evolutionary product, it seems more like a kludge than a well-organized apparatus, as a home computer processor.
Philokalia The Philokalia (Gk. Φιλοκαλειν "To Love the Beautiful") is a collection of texts by masters of the Eastern Orthodox, hesychast tradition, writing from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries on the disciplines of Christian prayer and a life dedicated to God.
Philolaus (crater) Philolaus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon's near side. It lies within one crater diameter to the east-southeast of the flooded Anaximenes crater, and to the west of the smaller Anaxagoras crater.
Philolexian Society [Philolexian Seal] The Philolexian Society of Columbia University is one of the oldest collegiate literary societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia. Founded in 1802, the Society aims to "improve its members in Oratory, Composition and Forensic Discussion.
Philological Library The Philological Library is the newest component of the campus of the Free University of Berlin. It was designed by noted architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank in the shape of a human brain, and opened in 2005.
Philology Philology, etymologically, is the love of words. It is most accurately defined as an affinity toward the learning of the backgrounds as well as the current usages of spoken or written methods of human communication.
Philomath Philomath (pronunciation: FIL-oh-math) is defined as a lover of learning, from Greek philos ("beloved," "loving," as in philosophy or philanthropy) + Greek manthanein, math- ("to learn," as in polymath). It is similar to but distinguished from philosophy in that "sophia," the latter suffix, specifies "wisdom" or "knowledge.
Philomathean Society The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is the oldest continuously-existing literary society in the United States and the oldest student group at Penn. Founded in 1813, its goal is "to promote the learning of its members and to increase the academic prestige of the University.
Philomathean Society at New York University The Philomathean Society at New York University is a student society based at but not officially connected to New York University. (The Society shares its name with several college societies at various colleges anduniversities.
Philomel Philomel (French Philomle; German Philomele or Stahlgeige) is the name of a musical instrument similar to the violin, but having four steel, wire strings. The philomel has a body with incurvations similar to those of the guitar; therefore, without corner blocks, the outline of the upper lobe forms a wavy shoulder reminiscent of the viols but more ornate and fanciful.
Philon Philon, Athenian architect of the 4th century BC, is known as the planner of two important works: the portico of the great Hall of the Mysteries at Eleusis and an arsenal at Athens. Of the last we have exact knowledge from an inscription.
Philopappos Caius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos was the grandson of the last ruling king of Commagene, Antiochus IV. Antiochus IV was deposed by Vespasian in 72 AD when it was felt that the Commagenian dynasty was cozying up to Parthia, Rome's traditional enemy.
Philopatry In animal behaviour philopatry is the tendency of a migrating animal to return to a specific location in order to breed or feed. It derives from the Greek 'home-loving', although it can be applied to more than just the area that an animal was born in.
Philopoemen Philopoemen (in Greek, Φιλοποίμην, transliterated as Philopoimen), (253-184 BC), Greek general, was born at Megalopolis, and educated by the academic philosophers Ecdemus and Demophanes or Megalophanes, who had distinguished themselves as champions of freedom. Avoiding the fashionable and luxurious gymnasia, he devoted himself to military studies, bunting and border forays.
Philoponella vicina Philoponella vicina is a kind of spider than does not utilize (characteristic of Uloboridae) no venom, but instead wraps its prey in hundreds of meters of spider silk to crush it to death. The spider then goes onto regurgitate digestive fluid into the shroud, then consuming the pre-digested liquid.
Philoria Philoria is a genus of frogs native to eastern and southern Australia. These frogs are all confined to mountain areas, with 5 species occurring in the mountains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Philosophaster Philosophaster is a Latin satirical comedy by Robert Burton. Since the play is about someone who pretends to be a philosopher, the term itself has been used in more recent times to refer to a pretender to philosophy.
Philosopher king Philosopher-kings are the hypothetical rulers of Plato's utopian Kallipolis. If his ideal city-state is to ever come into being, "philosophers [must] become kings…or those now called kings [must]…genuinely and adequately philosophize" ( The Republic, 473c).
Philosopher's stone The philosopher's stone, in Latin lapis philosophorum, is a legendary substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals such as lead into gold ("chrysopoeia") and/or create an elixir that would make humans younger, thus delaying death. It was a longtime "holy grail" of Western alchemy.
Philosopher's Walk (Toronto) The Philosopher's Walk is a scenic footpath in the main campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It runs in the north-south direction along the ravine landscape created by Taddle Creek, once a natural waterway that was buried during the Industrial Age and now flowing underground.
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin: "mathematical principles of natural philosophy", often Principia or Principia Mathematica for short) is a three-volume work by Isaac Newton published on July 5, 1687. It contains the statement of Newton's laws of motion forming the foundation of classical mechanics as well as his law of universal gravitation.
Philosophical anarchism Philosophical anarchism is a type of anarchism that sees the state as lacking moral legitimacy but does not recommend any immediate revolutionary action for its elimination. Philosophical anarchists may accept the existence of a minimal state as unfortunate, and usually temporary, "necessary evil" but argue that citizens do not have a moral obligation to obey the state when its laws conflict with individual autonomy.
Philosophical anthropology Philosophical anthropology is the philosophical discipline that seeks to unify the several empirical investigations and phenomenological explorations of human nature in an effort to understand human beings as both creatures of their environment and creators of their own values. Although the majority of philosophers throughout the history of philosophy can be said to have a distinctive "anthropology" that undergirds their thought, philosophical anthropology itself, as a specific discipline in philosophy, arose within the later modern period as an outgrowth from developing methods in philosophy, such as phenomenology and existentialism.
Philosophical Gourmet Report The Philosophical Gourmet Report edited by Brian Leiter (also known as the Leiter Report) — in response to the Gourmand Report — attempts to score and rank the university philosophy departments in the English-speaking world, based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Advisory Board of the Report. Its purpose is to provide a source of guidance to prospective research Ph.
Philosophical interpretation of classical physics Classical Newtonian physics has, formally, been replaced by quantum mechanics on the small scale and relativity on the large scale. Because most humans continue to think in terms of the kind of events we perceive in the human scale of daily life, it became necessary to provide a new philosophical interpretation of classical physics.
Philosophical Investigations Philosophical Investigations (Philosophische Untersuchungen) is, along with the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of the two major works by 20th-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. In it, Wittgenstein discusses numerous problems and puzzles in the fields of semantics, logic, philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of mind.
Philosophical language A philosophical language (also ideal or a priori language) is a special kind of constructed language. Philosophical languages are similar to logical languages in being derived from first principles, but they entail a stronger claim of absolute perfection or transcendent or even mystical truth rather than pragmatic principles.
Philosophical logic Philosophical logic is the application of formal logical techniques to problems that concern philosophers. It should be contrasted with mathematical logic, which might be characterized as the application of formal logical techniques to problems that concern mathematicians.
Philosophical method Philosophical method (or philosophical methodology) is the study of how to do philosophy. A common view among philosophers is that philosophy is distinguished by the methods that philosophers follow in addressing philosophical questions.
Philosophical movement A philosophical movement is either the appearance or increased popularity of a specific school of philosophy, or a fairly broad but identifiable sea-change in philosophical thought on a particular subject. Major philosophical movements are often characterized with reference to the nation, language, or historical era in which they arose.
Philosophical Magazine The Philosophical Magazine is arguably the world’s oldest commercially published scientific journal. Initiated by Richard Taylor in 1798 and published continuously by Taylor & Francis ever since, it was the journal of choice for such luminaries as Faraday, Joule, Maxwell, J.
Philosophical novel Philosophical novels are works of fiction in which a significant proportion of the novel is devoted to a discussion of the sort of questions normally addressed in discursive philosophy. These might include: the function and role of society; the purpose of life; ethics or morals; the role of art in human lives; and, the role of experience or reason in the development of knowledge.
Philosophical problems of testimony In philosophy, testimony includes any words or utterances that are presented as evidence for the claims they express. This definition may be distinguished from the legal notion of testimony in that the speaker does not have to make a declaration of the truth of the facts (see testimony).
Philosophical radicals The "Philosophical Radicals" is a term used to designate a philosophically-minded group of English political radicals in the nineteenth century inspired by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and James Mill (1773-1836). Individuals within this group included , Francis Place (1771-1854), George Grote (1794-1871), Joseph Parkes (1796-1865), John Arthur Roebuck (1802-1879), Charles Buller (1806-1848), John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), and William Molesworth (1810-1855).
Philosophical realism Contemporary philosophical realism, also referred to as metaphysical realism, is the belief in and allegiance to a reality that exists independently of observers. Realists believe that theories are successful because they have a correspondence to reality.
Philosophical sin The existence of philosophical sin was a debate waged in the Roman Catholic Church in the late seventeenth century. The idea of a "philosophic sin," as opposed to "theological sin" was advocated by those who would construct a moral system independent of God.
Philosophical theism Philosophical theism is a belief that God exists (or must exist), independent of the teaching or relevation of any particular religion. Some philosophical theists are persuaded of God's existence by philosophical arguments, while others consider themselves to have a religious faith that need not be, or could not be, supported by rational argument.
Philosophical theology Philosophical theology is the disciplined employment of philosophical methods in developing or analyzing theological concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of orthodox and heterodox theology.
Philosophical zombie A philosophical zombie or p-zombie is a hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, sentience, or sapience. When a zombie is poked with a sharp object, for example, it does not feel any pain.
Philosophie Zoologique Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux (meaning "Zoological Philosophy: Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals") is an 1809 book by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in which he outlines his theory of evolution now known as Lamarckism.
Philosophizer A philosophizer is one who philosophizes; in other words one who thinks and contemplates about things such as the meaning of life, or other such things. It doesn't have to be something considered philosophical, for anything that is analyzed and contemplated in a thoughtful and contemplative way is something philososphized upon.
Philosophy Philosophy concerns itself with what is the best way to live (ethics), what sorts of things really exist and what are their true natures (metaphysics), what is to count as genuine knowledge (epistemology), and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic).
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) is a famous and controversial work by American philosopher Richard Rorty. In this book, Rorty attempts to "dissolve" so-called philosophical problems instead of solving them by showing that they are in fact "pseudo-problems" that only exist in the language-game of Analytic philosophy.
Philosophy for Children Philosophy for Children, also sometimes called "Philosophy for Young People" or "Philosophy for Kids," is a movement that aims to teach young children reasoning and argumentative skills. The hope is that this will be a key influence in the eventual move towards a more democratic democracy.
Philosophy Hall Philosophy Hall is the home of the English, Philosophy, and French departments at Columbia University in New York City, along with the university's writing center, part of its registrar's office, and the student lounge of its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. It is one of the original buildings designed for the university's Morningside Heights campus by McKim, Mead, and White, built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and completed in 1910.
Philosophy in Iran Iranian philosophy or Persian philosophy can be traced back as far as to Old Iranian philosophical traditions and thoughts which originated in ancient Indo-Iranian roots and were considerably influenced by Zarathustra's teachings. Throughout Iranian history and due to remarkable political and social changes such as the Macedonian, Arab and Mongol invasions of Persia a wide spectrum of schools of thoughts showed a variety of views on philosophical questions extending from Old Iranian and mainly Zoroastrianism-related traditions to schools appearing in the late pre-Islamic era such as Manicheism and Mazdakism as well as various post-Islamic schools.
Philosophy in the Bedroom Philosophy in the Bedroom (La Philosophie Dans le Boudoir) is a play written by the Marquis de Sade in 1795 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Depending on one's point of view, it is either a philosophical work laced with erotica, or just pornography.
Philosophy in the Soviet Union Philosophical research in the Soviet Union was officially confined to Marxist-Leninist thinking, which theoretically was the basis of objective and ultimate philosophical truth. During the 1920s and 1930s, other tendencies of Russian thought were repressed (many philosophers emigrated, others were expelled).

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