Sentences with phrase «scientific views of the nature»

What about the scientific view of nature?

The American romance with science means that, as Kass writes, «we adhere more and more to the scientific view of nature and man, which both gives us enormous power and, at the same time, denies all possibilities of standards to guide its use.»

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The nineteenth - century view of the nature of physical reality was that the world was composed of particles (tiny things) which reacted to each other according to scientific laws.

The nineteenth - century scientific view presented nature (reality) as a mindless machine composed of Newtonian particles operating according to mathematical laws.

The scientific revolution of the twentieth century has totally revamped the notion of the matter which constitutes nature — matter is now viewed as internally dynamic, suffused with energy, this being the relation between matter and energy so vividly apparent when an atom bomb goes off.

«The scientific view of the Universe is such as to admit only those phenomena that can, in one way or another, be observed in a fashion accessible to all, and to admit those generalizations (which we call laws of nature) that can be induced from those observations.»

The prevailing world - view of a society does in the long run influence the presuppositions and values of scientific endeavor, as has been noted in the examples of dedication to truth and attitudes toward nature.

However, the traditional Western - Christian paradigm of nature is being challenged by new ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof nature is being challenged by new ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieOf course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categorieof them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categories.

He offers no basis on scientific grounds to dissent from this view of human nature.

RS: What I have got out of it, put very simply, is that Whitehead's criticism of the existing scientific view is not that it is pragmatic, or empirical, or based on sense - data, but that it is based on a kind of theory about the nature of the world, and that this has imparted a view of time and space and how the mind works.

As far back as Copernicus, but especially from the 17th Century enlightenment onwards, the discoveries made by the scientific method about the nature of our universe seem to have chipped away at the Christian world view.

When nature is understood after the fashion of scientific materialism this cleavage is quite intelligible For the only way to salvage the singularity of persons Out of the deterministic commonality of a materialistic view of nature is to locate the core of personality at a separate level of reality over against the impersonal universe.

In contrast, scientific discovery presents an opposing view of Nature as being devoid of any conscious activity.

According the author, there is a lack of discussion about Whitehead's view that scientific laws state principles which are immanent in nature but which evolve concurrently with novel changes in the entities actually constituting the universe.

«Contrary to the prevailing scientific opinion about the biological effects of nitrite and nitrate, our data support the view that humans may require these dietary components from birth — from nature's most perfect food,» said Norman G. Hord, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., the study's lead author and an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University (MSU).

Regardless of a scientist's view on their origin, they say, discovering the laws of nature requires the same scientific methods and techniques whether the researcher is a devout religious believer or an atheist.

After fielding questions from other legislators on unrelated topics, Holdren mentioned the list in the course of answering a question about the nature of scientific consensus from Representative John Sarbanes (D - MD), who shares Holdren's views on climate change.

As an active blogger (www.jonlieffmd.com), he explores the scientific evidence that supports the emerging view of mind as an integral aspect of nature.

«The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles.»

But clearly, recent scientific findings forcefully challenge this view of human nature.

Biologists and physicists may have different views about which science is more critical, and within each field there are controversies about the nature of science and which scientific ideas are more important.

It embodies a social constructivist view of learning and involves students working in ways that are similar to those of scientists, thus developing some appreciation of the nature of scientific activity.

Offering scientific insights and technical wizardry, the film is truly a bird's eye view of the spectacle of nature.

The latter part is more original stuff, as I (i) make the case for how China's clean energy push is in fact consistent with its overall economic reform, e.g. Scientific Development, reduction of excess industrial capacity, natural resource price reform, western development, boosting domestic consumption, and Going Out strategy; (ii) describe China's activities in innovation and R&D and its desire to create, not just produce, energy technologies of the 21st century; (iii) address criticisms that China's «indigenous innovation» policies are protectionist in nature by pointing out the myopia of such observations from a US (or EU for that matter) policymakers point of view; (iv) provide thoughts about what the proper U.S. policy response should be.

Rather than imposing scientific principles on IPCC, United Nations allowed IPCC to be governed by: — the unscientific principle of a mission to support an established view (§ 1)-- the unscientific principle of consensus (§ 10)-- an approval process and organization principle which must, by it's nature, diminish dissenting views.

Differing views on matters of a scientific, technical or socio - economic nature shall, as appropriate in the context, be represented in the scientific, technical or socio - economic document concerned,» but it is certainly the case that all participants in IPCC assessments would like this to be the exception rather than the rule.

«C.S. Lewis» succinct formulation of Whitehead's view is worth recording: «Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver.»»

Although there are some differences among some mainstream scientists about some of the details of the consensus view, an open letter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's which was endorsed by 18 of the most prestigious scientific organizations in the United States summed up the nature of the scientific consensus as follows:

He claimed that van Woerkum's words supported his view (that science can't claim superiority in knowlegde), whereas I claimed that he also supported my view (that the root of the disgreement is not scientific in nature and that to «solve» such disagreements we have to discuss the underlying motivations).

Cronon's central observation, that wilderness was a cultural construct or invention, prompted scientific and conceptual work that has fundamentally challenged traditional views of nature and wilderness.

Also conspicuously absent was any reference to the impact of colonialism, something that might have been brought out as part of Burdon's discussion of Francis Bacon's views on «mastering nature» cited as an influence during the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries.