philosophical
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A legal organisation representing her has sent a pre-action letter to ITV, claiming the broadcaster "subjected Nadia to direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and harassment because of her protected philosophical beliefs".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Recent prompts have ranged from philosophical to absurd; one read: “Do you like talking to strangers?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Kurosawa can sound philosophical about the challenge each new film represents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Koch believes researchers may need to reconsider philosophical ideas such as idealism and panpsychism while continuing to apply modern scientific methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Galileo, for example, despite performing exquisite experiments, never fully grasped the power of the experimental method, dismissing Gilbert’s work as not sufficiently philosophical.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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