`  You appear incredibly dishonest. Here's what's actually said in the very 1st title which YOU cite - and which I happen to own, and have available at my hand's reach - the Oxford Comanion to Philosophy, ``philosophy``, p. 666 (the sign of the devil:     Most definitions of philosophy are fairly controversial,     particularly if they to be at all interesting or profound.     That is partly because what has been called philosophy     has changed radically in scope in the course of history,     with many inquiries that were originally part of it     having detached themselves from it. :Yours truly,   And this is followed by what is deemed the ``shortest``: ``philosophy is thinking about thinking.`` :I will grant you that in the 2nd paragraph, the contributor A.Q., who is The Rt. Hon. Lord Quinton, Trinity College, Oxford, introduces the expresion ``rational critical thinking``, but he also qualifies that with a long list. Here's Anthony Qinton actually says: : `