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philosophy, the science pertaining to the development and systematization of all knowledge (including empirical science, ethics, etc.) into a coherent, effective and explanatory whole.

subject area
Occupation of
George Soros, Will Durant, Cao Xueqin, Jan Zwicky, Ehmedê Xanî,  …
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
Researchers
Sigmund Freud; Albert Schweitzer; Amartya Sen; David Hilbert; Albert Ellis;  …
Alumni
Klaus Klostermaier
Experts
Loren Eiseley, Manzoor Ahmad, Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya
Main Occupation of
Ayn Rand, Cicero, Geoffrey Chaucer, Khalil Gibran, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,  …
Class
subject area
Examples
Slaughterhouse-Five; The God Delusion; The Five People You Meet in Heaven; Tuesdays with Morrie; The Hero with a Thousand Faces;  …
Theme of
The Amityville Horror; The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; The Wealth of Nations; The Bell Curve; Waking Life;  …
Qualification of
Paul Laverty
Studied in
philosophy major
Sub-disipline
epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, logic
Taught by
Harvard; Yale University; MIT; Columbia University; Cornell University;  …
Studied by
Steve Jobs, Aung San Suu Kyi, Martin Heidegger, Susan E. Rice, Robert McNamara,  …
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"philosophy"
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