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...ents have been categorised as ontological, including those made by Islamic philosophers [[Mulla Sadra]] and [[Allama Tabatabai]]. ...Thus, a "supremely perfect" being can be conceived not to exist. Finally, philosophers such as [[C. D. Broad]] dismissed the coherence of a maximally great being, ...

...been born in India, De Morgan used to say that he was neither English nor Scottish nor Irish, but a Briton "unattached," using the technical term applied to a ...o and distinct from scientific reasoning; on the other hand, argued by the Scottish philosopher [[Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet|Sir William Hamilton]], Wha ...

...usefulness with the production of pleasure and avoidance of pain by moral philosophers, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.<ref>[[Jeremy Bentham|Bentham, Jeremy] ...= History and Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction|chapter = The Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century|publisher = [[Routledge]]|isbn = 0- ...

Heat has been discussed in ordinary language by philosophers. An example is this 1720 quote from the English philosopher [[John Locke]]: ...Heat transfer|transfer of heat]] was explained by the motion of particles. Scottish physicist and chemist [[Joseph Black]] wrote: "Many have supposed that heat ...

...in 2011, Stephen Hawking said that "philosophy is dead". He believed that philosophers "have not kept up with modern developments in science", "have not taken sci ...land would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref name="Auto2J-56" /> ...

...xford to the Scottish army camp near Newark|his journey from Oxford to the Scottish army camp near Newark]]. * 1649–1660 – The semi-formal [[Oxford Philosophical Club]] of natural philosophers meets; it is a predecessor of the [[Royal Society]] of London. ...