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Philosophize

To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Philosophy 74% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Philosophy 74% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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Account noun · 78% connection

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of the…

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Aetiology noun · 78% connection

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…

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Animism noun · 78% connection

The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended se…

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Assign verb · 78% connection

To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisone…

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Autonomy noun · 78% connection

The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according…

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Biostatics noun · 78% connection

The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

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Cause verb · 78% connection

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

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Discuss verb · 78% connection

To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to inve…

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

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Genetic algorithm noun · 78% connection

(computing) a search procedure using techniques modelled on the biological theory of natural selection.; "Also, in searching a large s…

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Heat noun · 78% connection

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as man…

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Idealism noun · 78% connection

The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the real…

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Ideate noun · 78% connection

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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Inquiring adjective · 78% connection

Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.

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Insearch verb · 78% connection

To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.

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Intellect noun · 78% connection

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distingu…

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Investigate verb · 78% connection

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into w…

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Irrational adjective · 78% connection

Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.

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