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" Philosophy as a process has no application in the practical world of everyday
living!" Do you agree or disagree and why.
"Philosophy, science, and religion are all paths to wisdom but because of their
different sources and methods, they will never arrive at the same truth(s)."
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Philosophy and wisdom are aligned.

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" Philosophy as a process has no application in the practical world of everyday
living!" Do you agree or disagree and why.

Disagree. Whereas science investigates things like subatomic particles and cosmological phenomena that we can never really experience, the subject matter of philosophy IS the world as we experience it, "everyday living." Of course, philosophy, like other fields of inquiry, can enter into ...

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