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51Natural scientific research in Canada — This article outlines the history of natural scientific research in Canada, including mathematics, physics, astronomy, space science, geology, oceanography, chemistry, biology, medical research and psychology. The social sciences are not treated… …
52Natural history — For other uses, see Natural history (disambiguation). Naturalist redirects here. For other uses, see Naturalist (disambiguation). Tables of natural history, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is the scientific research of p …
53Natural science — Part of a series on Science …
54philosophy — /fi los euh fee/, n., pl. philosophies. 1. the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. 2. any of the three branches, namely natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy, that are… …
55PHILOSOPHY — the love of WISDOM understood as the study and knowledge of things and their causes. Traditionally it was divided into metaphysics, moral and natural philosophy. Since the nineteenth century the word SCIENCE has replaced natural philosophy in… …
56natural philosopher — noun : one that studies or is skilled in natural philosophy * * * natural philosopher noun • • • Main Entry: ↑natural * * * natural philosopher, 1. a student of natural philosophy. 2. = physicist. (Cf. ↑physicist) …
57philosophy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The study of knowledge] Syn. theory, reasoned doctrine, explanation of phenomena, logical concept, systematic view, theory of knowledge, early science, natural philosophy; see also knowledge 1 . Fields of philosophy include …
58philosophy — phi|los|o|phy W3 [fıˈlɔsəfi US ˈla: ] n plural philosophies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: philosophie, from Latin, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher , from phil ( PHILANDER) + sophia knowledge ] 1.) [U] the study of the nature… …
59natural — adj. & n. adj. 1 a existing in or caused by nature; not artificial (natural landscape). b uncultivated; wild (existing in its natural state). 2 in the course of nature; not exceptional or miraculous (died of natural causes; a natural occurrence) …
60philosophy — n 1. study of truth, natural philosophy, moral philosophy, metaphysical philosophy; metaphysics, Philos. aesthetics, epistemology, logic, logistic, symbolic logic, Aristotelian logic. 2. philosophical system, philosophical doctrine or teaching,… …
