noun
1 study of ideas about the meaning of life
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient , classical , Enlightenment , medieval
▪ contemporary , modern
▪ Buddhist , Chinese , Christian , Greek , Hindu , Islamic , etc.
▪ Eastern , Western
▪ judicial , moral , natural ( historical ), political , religious , social , etc.
▪
the attraction of Marxism as a social ~
▪ analytic , existential , feminist , postmodern , etc.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of history, religion, science, etc.
2 particular system of beliefs
ADJECTIVE
▪ competing , differing
▪ governing , guiding , prevailing
▪
humanism—the prevailing ~ today in the Western world
▪ basic , core , general , underlying
▪ homespun ( esp. BrE ), simple
▪
the homespun ~ that kept her going during this difficult period
▪ personal
▪ corporate
▪ conservative , liberal
▪ design , economic , educational , management , market , political , religious , social
▪
a furniture-maker's design ~
VERB + PHILOSOPHY
▪ develop , formulate
▪
Over the years he has developed his own personal ~.
▪ articulate
▪ adopt , embrace , espouse , follow
▪ share
▪
We share the same guiding ~.
▪ reflect
▪
Does this in any way reflect your own ~?
▪ reject
▪ base sth on
▪
These ideas are based on his political ~.
PHILOSOPHY + VERB
▪ guide sth , influence sth , inform sth , underlie sth , underpin sth
▪
the ~ underlying the education system
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ behind
▪
The new measures were introduced with no explanation of the ~ behind them.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of life , a ~ of mind