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Six example sentences with philosophical, each labelled with its topic.
The seminar drifted from data toward philosophical questions about whether a machine could ever be said to understand anything.
Science
Late in the novel the sailor turns philosophical, asking his crew what a life owes the people who shaped it.
Literature
The town hall turned philosophical, with residents arguing about what fairness itself requires before anyone mentioned the actual budget.
Politics
A philosophical argument about personal identity asks whether you remain the same person after every cell has been replaced.
Philosophy
The director's philosophical thriller asks whether a copied mind is the same person, and never answers directly.
Movies
The exhibition catalog turns philosophical, asking whether a restored painting is still the work the artist made.
Art
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