Sentences with phrase «answering philosophical questions»
True scientists know that science doesn't have the purpose of answering philosophical questions.
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«either way, such demythologizing claims * everything * is a myth» -------------- We are no closer to answering the great philosophical questions of existence (like «why are we here?»)
The biggest of philosophical and theological questions such as life after death can only be answered with faith or educated speculation.
Noddings» answers to these questions have won her praise in feminist and leftwing circles; her book is hailed by Rosemary Ruether and Daniel Maguire as an «important contribution to philosophical ethics» and a work that should be «significant» in theological seminaries.
This then is something like an answer to the question, «What caused my philosophical development?»
These questions take us far beyond the present state of our discussion, and I suspect that the present stage of philosophical development is not yet prepared to answer or even perhaps properly to formulate such questions.
The probable answer is that in these lectures he was addressing an audience of modernist liberal rationalists, and wanted to persuade them that even their own philosophical system had to concede at least some room for nonrational opinions on public questions, and therefore for religious opinion.
Its purpose was the discussion or the answering of questions coming from the scientific and philosophical criticism of Christianity.
Its purpose was the discussion or the answering at questions coming from the scientific and philosophical criticism of Christianity.
Again and again one reads of a master who answers a disciple's philosophical question with a complete and insulting non sequitur of nonsensical quality.
The concern with the wholeness of man rules out the attempt to answer the question of what man is in terms of particular philosophical disciplines:
The form in which the answers to these questions have come is not so much that of systematic treatises as of concretizations of alternative philosophical models: the open classroom, gay marriages, tire commune, house churches.
Fourth, Heidegger's «thinking» is so yieldingly devoid of overt philosophical convictions that it produces neither any answers nor even any very interesting questions.
The only question, then, is whether any psychical concept is truly analogical; and Hartshorne here appears to support his affirmative answer by appealing to the philosophical beliefs peculiar to psychicalism.
To answer that question, the results of historical study of Christianity can be subjected to philosophical analysis to determine the essence of Christianity, that which defines it and yields criteria by which to assess any particular teaching, institution, or practice that claims to be «Christian.»
One's answer to these questions is influenced by one's theological and philosophical critique of modernity.
The inherently necessary borders of science could best be protected in the future if all scientists were to agree to draw a clear, careful, and inviolable line between scientific and philosophical / religious truth - that is, if they would conscientiously seek to avoid making purportedly scientific statements concerning questions whose answers lie beyond the scope of scientific inquiry.
He is a witness to how science is looking for answers about the world and is having to deal with philosophical and religious questions.
Editor's Reply We would simply note that at a question and answer session with representatives of the new movements held at Pentecost Pope Francis made the following comment, which seems to dovetail with the emphasis Mr Keeffe places on devotion to the Real Presence: For us Christians, poverty is not a sociological, philosophical or cultural category.
It is also the question that philosophical naturalism is supposed to have answered exhaustively in the negative, without any troubling explanatory lacunae, and that therefore any aspiring philosophical naturalist must understand in order to be an atheist in any intellectually significant way.
But how can the natural sciences answer larger questions of philosophical meaning?
The various theological controversies of the early centuries of Christianity — regarding our understanding of the two central mysteries of the faith, the Incarnation and Trinity — saw the question itself first deepened and clarified, and then answered with philosophical rigour.
No reason at all, for I am not suggesting that there is actually a final philosophical system — e.g. idealism, and Hegelianism in particular — or that it is necessary for our exegesis to take over the actual answers that philosophy gives to the existential question of the meaning of my own particular existence.
Karl Rahner's idea of «anonymous Christians» was one answer to that question, backed by a complex philosophical and Christian theology.
Like Wittgenstein, Whitehead is not, of course, opposed to the concept of a «philosophical illness;» the difference lies in the seriousness with which the two thinkers approach traditional philosophical issues: Wittgenstein seems to see no legitimacy in questions that science or common sense can not answer, while Whitehead struggles with classical metaphysical problems, stepping beyond the strict boundaries of the scientific method.
«The philosophical question that has not been answered in origin - of - life studies is this: How can a universe of mindless matter produce beings with intrinsic ends, self - replication capabilities, and «coded chemistry»?
Manchester United's experienced Dutch manager Louis van Gaal has always been a bit of a thinker, giving much more well - rounded and philosophical answers to questioning than many of his counterparts.
We don't need to be dissected and posed thought provoking philosophical questions to give meaningful answers.
In the end, I don't think that this question has a good «politics» answer and is more of a philosophical issue.
A broader philosophical question also needs answering: what's the point of the Labour Party?
AS A professor of ethics at King's College, London, Jonathan Glover is accustomed to using the Socratic method to help his students refine their moral beliefs by answering tough philosophical questions.
For example, there is probably a material answer to philosophical questions about the nature of reality.
The program, with Sagan's poetic strolls through time and space, asked big philosophical questions with answers that amounted to a college level introduction to cosmology.
In the end, perhaps fittingly, Allen's film plays more like a moral and philosophical musing than a fully realized story, leaving audiences with existential questions to ponder with afterward, even if its answers are more potently wrestled with in his own more masterful works on similar subjects matter in Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point.
As Glenn Ford continues to seek out answers, he, a very fact - driven man, must face these philosophical questions, and in the end, question his own belief system.
I used it to show students» answers / work to philosophical questions associated with God.
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Philosophical or Debatable: These types of questions are honestly debatable questions that have complex possible answers.
Philosophical or Debatable: These types of questions are honestly debatable and have complex possible answers.
From the country's philosophical position on high - stakes testing, to the methods of efficiently implementing policies, Ng answered questions about the thought process behind education reform in Singapore over the previous decades, and the secrets to its success.
Now, that's a philosophical question that I want an answer to, because I know I'm going to struggle with it.
It's a mind - melting philosophical question, but the answer is simple for the masters of brand management.
We'll research empirical evidence that helps answer the main philosophical question arisen by your paper
Using philosophical approach to your question without supporting any position your essay will no longer be argumentative and turn into abstract reflections without the answer.
It turns out that the philosophical line between human and machine can actually be quite blurry, and the questions you are asked never seem to have easy answers.
The title of this project programmatically refers to the namesake book by Hannah Arendt, whose philosophical thought tried to answer the key question of the past century — how to be and stay Human in the face of the drama of History.
The exhibition has a resounding answer to that question, and it has nothing to do with serenity, harmony and the resolution of deep philosophical anxieties that is supposed to attend old age.
Indeed, one leaves the exhibit with more philosophical questions than answers.
Clearly there is no absolute answer to this question — there is always some philosophical possibility of error in any measurement — but I'm asking it in a spirit of practicality.