Sentences with phrase «as philosophical issues»

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As MacIntyre puts it in the Phi Sigma Tau Lectures (published in 1990 as First Principles, Final Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical IssuesAs MacIntyre puts it in the Phi Sigma Tau Lectures (published in 1990 as First Principles, Final Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issuesas First Principles, Final Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issues):

Though seminary faculties like to affirm, in principle, a relationship between Christian theology and the life of the church, academic theology tends to view the ministering congregation as an addendum to the really interesting issues of ethics, philosophical and political theology, or social policy.

Just as the definition of philosophy is a philosophical question, so the definition of faith is a theological issue.

I found over the years the things that interested me most were philosophical or religious issues as opposed to social issues or topical things.

Lewontin, a Marxist whose philosophical sophistication exceeds that of Sagan by several orders of magnitude, came to see the issue as essentially one of basic intellectual commitment rather than factual knowledge.

Woody poses basic religious or philosophical questions often ignored by the secularly oriented as «too deep» and skipped over by religionists engrossed in particular issues.

And yet modernity was also understood as a philosophical and theological system that displaced, or at least threatened, what could be called the praeambula fidei — the «preambles of faith,» which include the truths of natural reason, particularly on philosophical issues close to sacred doctrine.

This comes out clearly in one of his latest statements about the therapeutic» function of philosophy as applied to social issues: «helping people get out from under outdated philosophical ideas, helping break the crust of convention.»

«2 The larger issue raised by Kaplan's transnaturalism and Whiteheadian process theology is the coherence of the idea of a non-absolute God, within the framework of religious naturalism, as a theological and philosophical concept.

There is also a fifth, more detached, philosophical way of looking at these issues without appealing to «direct historical influence» as if it were some sort of causal connection as Lowe claims it is.7 Of course the fourth line and fifth lines are outside ordinary present - day historiographical research, excepting undergraduates in general education courses (who seem inevitably to find, in spite of the odds in a fair - sized library, Russell's History of Western Philosophy first, and then cite it liberally).

His idea of a «new synthesis», proposed mainly in his book Catholicism: A New Synthesis and developed in his many theological and philosophical essays, was an attempt to grapple precisely with the issues we have spoken of: the post-Cartesian «turn to the subject» (that is: the loss of faith in the objectivity of knowledge and the subsequent exclusive concern of philosophy with the self and the subjective idea as the norm of «truth») and the philosophy of evolution with its implications for a dynamic rather than a static universe.

Since Whitehead's formulae as they stand have not been disconfirmed and since Whitehead was quite prepared to adjust them to take account of new data, the real issues between Einstein and Whitehead are not physical but philosophical.

You have run out of philosophical issues to discuss and resorted to pick on physical appearances and clothing and sunk such lows as toilet talk.

These may include not only broad philosophical issues such as whether the universe has a purpose, but also questions we have become accustomed to think of as empirical, such as bow life first began or bow complex biological systems were put together.

I'm an atheist when it comes to Christianity, but that doesn't mean I don't understand the golden rule or other ideas presented by Jesus as a human philosopher, but even if I agreed with Jesus on a number of philosophical issues, in no way would I be a Christian.

The purpose of the meeting is described on the conference website: «within the complex and multifaceted issue of the Science / Faith relationship, this event focuses on the possibility of reconcilingin the same philosophical position the «Creation» and «Evolution'thinking, without frst pretending to be a scientifc theory or secondly being affrmed as a dogma.»

In particular, as the late Victor Lowe patiently and quietly maintained throughout his lifetime — and as Donald Sherburne has forcefully and convincingly demonstrated in his many writings — theism was not an essential component of Whitehead's thought, and the viability of process metaphysics does not stand or fall on the issue of theism alone (as the vast majority of process philosophers and opponents of process philosophy and its brands of philosophical theism stubbornly continue to maintain).

Nonetheless, the mindset that led the original ICEL «translators» to interpret «Mysterium Fidei» ■ in terms of a theological narrative to be recited, rather than as an acclamation addressed to a living person, does touch on some deeper theological and philosophical issues which have wider relevance and more far reaching implications.

The philosophical issue is that, since the particular features of the molecules (as gaseous, liquid, solid, as acid or alkaline, etc., etc.) are directly correlative to structural relationships, the composite wholes could not be the mere arithmetical sum of the constituents; «structural relationship» implies something more than «arithmetical sum.»

However, as in the seventeenth century the various later theories were not produced independently of each other but came to be developed by working through, and in divergence from, the first great attempt at a philosophical structure built upon a profound insight into the problems at issue, namely, that of Descartes, so in our time the new efforts which are required in the philosophy of nature will need to come to terms with the pioneering work of Whitehead.

Its importance rests in returning an interest in the central issue of purpose to the philosophical enterprise and, no less, the ideal of the unity of the «Universe» as a dimension of purpose.

A survey of the attempts following this way reveals an appreciable difficulty in being able to disentangle the philosophical from the scientific issues and to move further than merely formulating the contemporary scientific developments in rather general, as opposed to specifically scientific, terminology.

But I do not think the philosophical issues concerning the epistemological role Kant assigned to space and time as forms, respectively, of outer and inner sense, are simply resolved by introducing the notion of space - time in physics.

I do not believe that philosophical questions are open to proofs, if that means that, from premises any rational person will accept, issues so vital to people as the existence of God will be rigorously decidable.

But, alas, and this is not without its significance as showing the nature of the philosophical task, the result of Martin's critique is not to shake my confidence in my side of the basic issue that divides us.

The fact is that, actual and / or possible internal inconsistencies notwithstanding, Whitehead's Enquiry employs or considers a variety of possibilities concerning the nature of experience and the meaning and status of externality, all of which are worth careful scrutiny for the value they may have as relating to the clarification of Whitehead's thought as well as to the articulation or resolution of relevant philosophical issues.

A prolific writer on the theological, philosophical and ethical issues related to the faith - science debate, Jaki's work can safely be summarised as the intentional repudiation of the modern, secularist agenda which seeks to place science and Christian faith in radical, philosophical and historical opposition.

His five - point agenda for post-fundamentalist evangelicalism included: (1) clarification of the philosophical implications of biblical theism, (2) Christian engagement with the pressing social issues of the day as well as concern for individual salvation, (3) refusal to divide over secondary matters such as the details of biblical prophecy, (4) openness to the possibility of a biblically faithful ecumenicity, and (5) the development of a truly biblical theology that took into consideration the whole sweep of salvation history.

While the impact of these classical theories has remained strong, I would like to point to a specific contribution that, in my view, has served as a kind of watershed in our thinking about the cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of inquiry.

Hizzoner framed the issue on WNYC as a stark philosophical one, citing former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former Mayor La Guardia as his role models.

She's taken strong, philosophical positions on issues mainly unaffected by her office, such as declaring Syracuse a sanctuary city and supporting driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

They do social science, health, philosophical, policy, or legal research on topics such as privacy, confidentiality, the psychological impact of genetic information, informed - consent issues in genomics research, commercialization of genetic products, genetically modified foods, behavioral genetics, gene testing, and gene therapy.

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As easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coiAs easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coias a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coias Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coil.

Setting aside the philosophical issues surrounding what is intelligence, most real - life AI algorithms are actually doing something much simpler — to mimic some aspects of human - like behaviours, such as identifying objects inside an image, learning, natural language comprehension, and social interactions.

As congressional debate bogged down over an array of spending and philosophical issues late last week, it appeared that the House and the Senate would not vote on their education spending bills until this week.

Multiple intertwined plots — the philosophical and romantic pursuits of Dorothea Brooke, her uncle's bid for Parliament, the tribulations of the enterprising doctor Lydgate as he struggles to reform medical practices of the day while suffering an unfortunate marriage, and an unexpected alliance between Mary Garth and Fred Vincy — address issues of the time.

As you learn about the issues and organizations tackling the issues, you may find that there are some philosophical differences within the rescue community.

In 2015, the first Dog Film Festival ™ grew out of Tracie Hotchner's desire, as a pet wellness advocate, to expand her Radio Pet Lady Network's outreach to educate the public about adoption, pet wellness issues and philosophical aspects of pets in our lives.

Throughout his varying practice, he confronts philosophical and political issues but presents them as humble moments and chance encounters.

Her polyphonic and speculative ensembles, which often comprise a large number of individual components, combine an exploration of questions in art with philosophical inquiries into issues such as the essence of time, place, and language and their interrelations.

Highly influenced by phenomenological philosopher, Maurice Merleau - Ponty; Nesbit harnesses philosophical investigations of human perception to address issues within image making in an effort to not only exist as an object, or momentous glance, but as an invitation for a suspended visceral exchange.

The show captures Guston immersed in the New York School alongside such contemporaries as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, grappling with the philosophical issues the School sought to address; his pieces delve into the medium of painting and seek to arrive at the significance of abstraction.

Staging papers and objects as dividers of light and shadow, Lichtenstein uses the apparatus of the camera and elemental forms of photography to explore the larger philosophical and theoretic issues around photographic representation.

Contributions include a concise and incisive overview of Borremans» practice; a revealing, in - depth interview between the main author of the book, Jeffrey Grove, and the artist, addressing process, influence and philosophical and critical issues; as well as more than 50 individual entries and mini-essays on individual works in the artist's oeuvre by notable writers, curators, filmmakers and musicians.

While «Strata» can be read as a critique of Minimalism and the underlying assertion of stability that is replete in Donald Judd's boxes and stacks, I think the issue Van Buren raises is equally philosophical and aesthetic.

The Tansaekhwa artists» meditative and monastic outlook on artistic creation reflects tenets of Taoism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism, as they contemplate issues surrounding civic disorder and political turbulence through a deliberate engagement with philosophical and spiritual ideologies.

«Image World» glides over such distinctions, as if the organizers of the exhibition wanted to avoid dealing substantively with the fundamental political and philosophical issues raised by the works they chose to display, and instead preferred to dwell in superficialities.

Contributions include a concise and incisive overview of Borremans's practice; a revealing, in - depth interview between the main author of the book, Jeffrey Grove, and the artist, addressing process, influence and philosophical and critical issues; as well as more than 50 individual entries and mini-essays on individual works in the artist's oeuvre by notable writers, curators, filmmakers, and musicians.

This is an epistemological point that I am ill equipped to conclude (my IQ falls below the threshold required for reasoned philosophical debate on this issue), except to say that I'm completely mystified as to why, given we're inside the bounds of natural variation (according to the Vostok and Greenland cores — correct me if I'm wrong), there is any need for a debate at all.