Sentences with phrase «analytical philosophy»

Using contemporary analytical philosophy, a number of philosophers have develped impressive responses to atheistic evidentialism.

Those theologians who are persuaded by present discussions in analytical philosophy will insist that even a consideration of the problem of their relevance to theology is misguided; for this is to confuse two different areas of discourse, the scientific and the religious.

Just as his Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature had plenty of old - style analytical philosophy to keep its readers happy while they read their own obituaries, so these essays are rich in old - fashioned argumentative criticism to brighten the longueurs of Rortyan «conversation.»

While Transcendental Thomism dominated the curriculum in continental theology faculties, back in Britain analytical philosophy held sway.

If the natives had had the benefits of Anglo - Saxon philosophy at the time, MacIntyre wryly observes, they could have come up with the answer: «Had the Polynesian culture enjoyed the blessings of analytical philosophy, it is all too clear that the question of the meaning of taboo could have been resolved in a number of ways.

From Descartes through contemporary analytical philosophy the quest for lucidity in thought and language has been the dominant motif.

My own work in analytical philosophy and philosophy of language has increasingly led me to conclude that the Christian moral life is determined more by the language we have learned to speak than by the decisions we make.

Using contemporary analytical philosophy, a number of philosophers in America and England have developed impressive responses to atheistic evidentialism.

Even if there is reserve about my suggestion that a founding trauma for recent British theology was the aggressive assault of positivist and analytical philosophies and their allies in the middle 50 years of the century — a full account would at least require interweaving with several other historical strands — it is still clear that the mood of the parents is rather different from that of the grandparents.

Finally, we should all be grateful to Professor Griffin for his important service in bringing the Whiteheadian perspective to bear on current debates in the analytical philosophy of mind and showing how the two approaches can be relevant to each other, especially in regard to our shared concern to understand the place of the mind in the natural world.

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