Some philosophers maintain that to act freely is to do what one wants and to act rationally is to do what will best satisfy one's desires.

Some philosophers maintain that moral relativism entails non-cognitivism.

In short, for Tillich, faith does not stand opposed to rational or nonrational elements (reason and emotion respectively), as some philosophers would maintain.

Materialist philosophers of mind maintain that the mind is not something separate from the body, but is produced by physiological functions of the brain.

This is because they have seen the most and always keep its memory as close as possible, and philosophers maintain the highest level of initiation.

Some philosophers have maintained that reproducing the same conditions is impossible, at a minimum because the agent would have a memory of being in the earlier situation.

The philosophers had maintained a cool respect for religion but saw it as essentially different from what they were doing.

Unity is one of the principal goals of human evolution, as Teilhard de Chardin and so many other philosophers have maintained.

Lastly, some more radical philosophers, such as Paul Feyerabend, have maintained that scientific consensus is purely idiosyncratic and maintains no relationship to any outside truth.