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philosophy

[fi-los-uh-fee] / fɪˈlɒs ə fi /


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Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame, participated in one of these meetings and left “skeptical that an artificial agent could attain actual moral virtue,” she wrote in a Substack post.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

“My philosophy is, I’m on TV enough where if he sees me and he likes me, then I will be recruited for the job,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the nearby suburb of Aubervilliers, where 42 percent of households are poor, philosophy teacher Cloe Jean said Henri Wallon secondary school had no nurse for its 1,000 students.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mélenchon was born in Morocco to French parents, moved to France as a child and later studied French literature and philosophy at the university of Besançon, in Eastern France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Bhagwan’s philosophy had attracted Bobby ever since he began exploring it during his eight years in Hungary.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Welcome to the mom chat, a group of 10, 20, 40 near-strangers with varying parenting philosophies, backgrounds, priorities—and spelling capabilities—discussing their most precious gift, their child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I worked under different coaches with different ideas and philosophies."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Similarities between his monetary philosophies on issues like forward guidance, rules-based policymaking, the Phillips curve, and productivity growth driven by high-tech innovation and Warsh’s are now emerging.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

And her explanation of why she loves anime is very similar to the philosophies that drew RZA to kung fu movies and, eventually, Asian philosophies and martial arts.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

He could already see two differing philosophies among the prisoners.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren


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