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Philosophy considers such general and fundamental questions as the sorts of things that exist, the nature and scope of knowledge and moral judgments, and the nature of mind and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions (such as mysticism or mythology) by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word philosophy is of Ancient Greek origin: φιλοσοφία (philosophía), meaning "love of knowledge", "love of wisdom".

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Logic is the study of the principles of valid inference and demonstration] The word derives from Greek λογική (logike), fem. of λογικός (logikos), "possessed of reason, intellectual, dialectical, argumentative", from λόγος logos, "word, thought, idea, argument, account, reason, or principle".

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Did you know...

• ...that the Royal Fort (pictured) in Bristol was built with façades in Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects?
• ...that the French Military Mission to Japan played a key role in the establishment of the nascent Imperial Japanese Army?
• ...that a power struggle between Thomas Benolt and Thomas Wriothesley in 1530 almost brought an end to the College of Arms?
• ...that in 2002, 72% of Swiss voters voted in favour of making abortion in Switzerland legal on demand in the first trimester of a pregnancy?

• Wimbledon Officials receive criticism from animal rights group after shooting birds
• ICANN votes for top level domain registration in 2009
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• Phoenix lander confirms presence of water ice on Mars
• Felipe Massa wins 2008 French Grand Prix
• Police charge Australian man over laser incident
• Bush, Brown threaten further sanctions against Iran
• Australian government considers controlling fuel supplies
• Imperial Tobacco to cut over 2000 jobs
• Technology giants battle for USB 3.0 standards

April 1: Palm Sunday in Western Christianity (2007); Independence Day in San Serriffe (1967); April Fools' Day; Assyrian New Year.

• 1318 - The Scottish captured Berwick upon Tweed from the English.
• 1957 - About eight million viewers watched a report on the BBC television programme Panorama about spaghetti trees.
• 1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon (pictured) signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act *into law, banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States.
• 1997 - Cartoonists of popularly syndicated comic strips swapped cartoons for the day.
• 2006 - Five British policing agencies merged to form the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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