1. 1. “At first Galileo studied
philosophy, but later he studied
mathematics and astronomy.”
In the context of this sentence,
philosophy means:

2. phi‧los‧o‧phy plural
philosophies
1 [uncountable] the study of the
nature and meaning of existence,
truth, good and evil, etc: Emma
studies philosophy at
university.philosophy of the
philosophy of science

3. 2 [countable] the views of a
particular philosopher or group of
philosophers philosophy of the
philosophy of Aristotle

4. 3 [countable] the attitude or set of
ideas that guides the behaviour of a
person or organization: The
company explained their
management philosophy. The idea
that you should treat others as you
would like them to treat you is a
fine philosophy of life.

5. “At first Galileo studied
philosophy, but later he studied
mathematics and astronomy.”
In the context of this sentence,
philosophy means: Meaning #1

6. 1 [uncountable] the study of the
nature and meaning of existence,
truth, good and evil, etc: Emma
studies philosophy at
university.philosophy of the
philosophy of science

7. 2. “Before Galileo, scientists did not
do experiments. They just guessed
about how something happened.
Galileo was different. He did not just
make guesses. He did experiments
and watched to see what happened.”
In the context of this sentence,
is experiment a noun or a verb?

8. ex‧per‧i‧ment n. [countable]
a scientific test done to find out
how something reacts under
certain conditions, or to find out
if a particular idea is true

9. ex‧per‧i‧ment v. to do a
scientific test to find out if a
particular idea is true or to obtain
more information
experiment with/on

10. “Before Galileo, scientists did not do
experiments. They gust guessed
about how something happened.
Galileo was different. He did not just
make guesses. He did experiments
and watched to see what happened.”
In the context of this sentence,
experiment is a noun.