The Sufis regard kashf as the alternative to ʿilm ("knowledge"), which applies systematic theology, logic, and speculative philosophy to the study of the nature of God.
Philosophy of history, the study either of the historical process and its development or of the methods used by historians to understand their material.
Philosophy of logic, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the nature and types of logic, including problems in the field and the relation of logic to mathematics and other disciplines.
An equivalent "open humanities" initiative could help to bring philosophy out of the study and into the community.
"The philosophy of the case study method is that you simulate management practice on the basis of reading a 20 page study.
The philosophy of the QUOVADIS study and the general characteristics of the population have been partly published in a previous report [ 12].
Here, we present the general philosophy of the SEARCH study with regard to race and ethnicity and highlight content of the five papers included in this supplement.
This field of philosophy is then to be distinguished from, and related to, the other main fields of philosophy: ontology (the study of being or what is), epistemology (the study of knowledge), logic (the study of valid reasoning), ethics (the study of right and wrong action), etc.
Jaffa's peculiar genius — and I use that word advisedly — was to apply Strauss's understanding of political philosophy as the study of high statesmanship to the theory and practice of American politics.
That's the theme of Simon Critchley's The Book of Dead Philosophers: Philosophy is the study of life and living, but a preparation for dying and dying well.
