philosophizing
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8.3
- noun
- /fɪˈlɑːsəˌfaɪzɪŋ/
- US
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filosofía
- "Know thyself!" seminal for philosophizing -- particularly for the moral development of the truth-seeker.
- such philosophizing
So for the people who just like the activity of philosophizing, boom, who cares?
- So for the people who just like the activity of philosophizing, boom, who cares?
- You know who, how do you show people what philosophizing or doing philosophy looks like?
- So he says, this preparatory path ceases to be a casual philosophizing that fastens on this or that object.
Examples
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Many students enjoy philosophizing about the meaning of life during their late-night discussions.
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His lecture concerned itself with the starting point of philosophizing.
Academic text (2000) -
"Am I getting double time for this?" was her answer to my philosophizing.
Fiction book (2001) -
So for the people who just like the activity of philosophizing, boom, who cares?
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To begin with, genuine philosophizing cannot be rushed.
Academic text (2000) -
Why then should it not be the right thing for the physicist to let the philosopher do the philosophizing?
Academic text (2005) -
For Scalia, the language of "aspirations" is the language of "philosophizing," an activity in which judges should not engage.
Academic text (1999) -
Anne wanted to focus on the details of the specific case, not on some semantic philosophizing that might or might not underpin the case.
Fiction book (2002) -
And this means that philosophizing should be understood as "individual creative activity" (UNESCO 1953: 21).
Academic text (2017) -
But this manner of philosophizing is very convenient for those with only mediocre minds, for the obscurity of the distinctions and principles.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.8
Careful use of your mind to consider something
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3.9
A way of thinking in a clear, logical order to form a conclusion
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6.2
A long careful thought about ideas with no clear answer
How Philosophical
Surface Forms
Morphology
philosophizing = philosophize (transparent) = philosophy + ize + ing
Adding '-ing' to the verb 'philosophize' to form a gerund/present participle is a regular and transparent process for learners.
Etymology
Philosophizing comes from the Greek parts philo- 'love' and sophia 'wisdom', the same roots you see in philosophy and philosopher. So to philosophize is to 'love wisdom' — to talk or think about big life ideas, sometimes in a deep way and sometimes in a way that bores others.