Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical (particularly epistemological) base.

An important 'philosophical' base of this text comes from systems thinking.

His use of deductive logic provides a more philosophical base for the existence of God.

"If we accept that the use of drugs is a right, what is a legal or philosophical base to block trafficking?"

It is likely then, that he began with the Eriugena's philosophical base, and added his own interpretation of texts.

The speech of the classroom serves to highlight the philosophical bases of conversation.

Along with written speech, the Greeks commenced their study in grammatical and philosophical bases.

All natural sciences were to be founded on the philosophical base of dialectical materialism.

To be sure, the philosophical bases of these tendencies are distinct and even opposed.

There seems to be an ever widening gap between the philosophical base of the university and the reality of its athletics teams.