Hypertext Webster Gateway: "philosophizing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Philosophize \Phi*los"o*phize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Philosophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Philosophizing}.]
To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and
nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign
rational causes for their existence.

Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well
or ill, but philosophize he must. --Sir W.
Hamilton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

philosophizing
n : the exposition (often superficially) of a particular
philosophy


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