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Literally, "love of wisdom." From the Greek: "Philo" (love), and "sophos" (wisdom) William James described it as "the pursuit of thinking objectively about the fundamental issues." Consists in subjecting the whole of human knowledge to rigorous scrutiny. Major fields of philosophical thought include Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics.
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