Sentences with phrase «discussion on the nature»

Since he raises the claim of a «living transcendence» in the context of a discussion on nature and ethics, an analysis of Camus» statements on the existence of value in nature may provide us with an understanding of how he conceives this transcendence.

The question is presented as part of a larger discussion on the nature of philosophical and imperial authority, yet it is clear that the imperial part of the argument is not necessary to its main thrust, as a result standing out all the more.

There's a time for theological discussions on the nature of God, and a time when all you need do is wipe a tear.

But in 1 Cor 15 he does give a discussion on the nature of man, the first man of the dust of the earth, and the second man from heaven.

i'm a sucker for philosophical discussions on the nature of religion and spirituality, particularly when they are as reasonable and well - mannered as the discussions here are.

The enquiry into the nature of the divine attributes naturally led to a discussion on the nature of the Qur» an as the revealed word of God or the external manifestation of the attribute of divine speech.

A busy library is not the place to begin a discussion on the nature of the soul and how and whether one can lose one's soul.

It follows much discussion on the nature of global change in a warmer 21st Century at the COP23 Climate Negotiations in Bonn last week.

When attempting to write about something like Star Wars I feel as though I should double my efforts, giving a deliciously specific discussion on the nature of the franchise, George Lucas» legacy and the underlining philosophies of it all.

Students basically came up with all this anyway, so these notes were consolidation and the basis for a discussion on the nature, strengths and weaknesses of the constitution.

«Effective ongoing discussion on the nature of learning that occurs in schools, and the approach to homework, will lead to a better educational environment for Australian children.»

In March 2004, Redfield was honored by the Wisdom Media Group with the World View Award for engaging the discussion on the nature of human existence and for his ongoing efforts and contributions to the bettering of humanity.

This prompts an ample discussion on the nature and nurture aspects of specific dogs and the care provided by dog owners.

This Thursday, Hyperallergic editor, Hrag Vartanian, who is no stranger to Bushwick, broadens the discussion as he moderates the «Confronting Bushwick: A Discussion on the Nature and Future of the Bushwick Art Scene» panel at Bushwick's Bogart Salon, one of the galleries in the burgeoning 56 Bogart Street art building.

FE in # 510: referencing discussion on nature as a sink to last 50 years «there is no visible increase or decrease in natural variability over 50 years.»

The Opinion is of exceptional length (570 paragraphs, to my knowledge the longest Opinion ever written), and contains an elaborate discussion on the nature of the division of powers between the EU and the Member States and detailed reasoning on specific aspects of the EUSFTA such as transport services, investment protection, procurement, sustainable development, and dispute settlement.

Not exact matches

Have you experienced situations where a focus on results changed the nature of the discussion?

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More information on the nature of the discussion and considerations the Board took into account will be published in the minutes of the meeting, two weeks from yesterday.

«The Central Bank Brazil is following the evolution of the use of such instruments and discussions in international forums on the subject — in particular about their nature, ownership and operation,» the bank said.

If you are tired of the binary nature of many cryptocurrency debates and want to hear a balanced, respectful discussion on the topic, this podcast provides it.

Depending on the nature of the issues subject to discussion and to ensure a constructive discussion, Glass Lewis will ensure that the analysts who meet with company executives and directors have the requisite experience and responsibilities for the specific topics to be discussed, such as remuneration or ESG risks.

I would attend staff meetings where there would be massive outpourings of prayer, where lunch breaks would be accompanied by discussions of the nature of the Trinity, and where, at any given moment, I could walk into a coworker's office to see them bowed over an open Bible, meditating on the Bread of Life.

In the discussion of the consequent nature, on the other hand, it is clear that philosophical and religious concerns are interrelated in Whitehead's presentation.

It is still referred to in discussions about the purpose and nature of higher education today on both sides of the Atlantic.

Not at all Naked... it seems to me very difficult to have lengthy discussions of researched science, math, philosophy, archaeology, etc. etc. on a blog that by its very nature is fraught with personal biting comments (like yours) and pithy responses.

Her discussion here is complicated by its relation to a view of how God redeems the world: «To be actual, God must take on a «body» and in so doing, redeem: i.e. he must have physical feelings of the totality of each and all finite achievements, integrating them into the ongoing unity of his consequent nature» (p. 163).

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

In recent discussions with Green, Hauerwas, Placher, Tanner and Marshall, I focused on these questions: Is postliberal theology distinguished fundamentally by its position on the nature of religious truth?

I'm not sure where this leave us with where we can have any fruitful discussions on issues of this nature or if indeed any mutually respectful constructive dialogue can be had between us given our differing perspectives.

The readings offer four distinct perspectives on the nature and attainment of happiness, each of which will serve as the springboard for the discussion of a different set of issues in relation to the search for human ful llment: participation in public life, self - control and education, the longing for God, and the confrontation of death.

These questions are not without significance, touching on the person of Christ and the nature of faith, and the answers will only come from an engaged discussion of the authority of Scripture, the historical witness of the church, and the clarity with which the councils, creeds, and confessions give expression to the teaching of the Bible.

The most extensive section appropriate to this discussion is in Process and Reality at the end of a chapter on order («The Order of Nature,» which is chapter 3 of Part II).

While much of the work in process thought has been carried on by theologians and the field of the author of the book is theological ethics, the sometimes lengthy discussions of a theological nature serve to illustrate the comprehensiveness of the process - relational vision.

For far from being a deviation from biblical truth, this setting of man over against the sum total of things, his subject - status and the object - status and mutual externality of things themselves, are posited in the very idea of creation and of man's position vis - a-vis nature determined by it: it is the condition of man meant in the Bible, imposed by his createdness, to be accepted, acted through... In short, there are degrees of objectification... the question is not how to devise an adequate language for theology, but how to keep its necessary inadequacy transparent for what is to be indicated by it...» Hans Jonas, Phenomenon of Life, pp. 258 - 59; cf. also Schubert Ogden's helpful discussion on «Theology and Objectivity,» Journal of Religion 45 (1965): 175 - 95; Ian G. Barbour, Issues in Science and Religion (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice - Hall, 1966), pp. 175 - 206; and Michael Polanyi, Personal Knowledge (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962).

A discussion of the nature and significance of biofeedback with chapters on skin, muscle, and brain - wave applications.

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 categories.

After an intensive discussion of Erazim Kohak's profound philosophical and religious meditation on «The Moral Sense of Nature» in The Embers and the Stars, a biophysicist and a primatologist both said, «I like that.

One has little direct evidence to go on, mainly his discussion of the sixth constant of externality, The Community of Nature (PNK 78f).

William Gallagher, PS 4:263 - 74 (1974), comments on the above discussion, as does Lewis S. Ford, PS 3:104 - 18 (1973), in a review of a relevant book by Ivor Leclerc, The Nature of Physical Existence (New York; Humanities Press, 1972).

I would love to see discussions here, too, on the nature of the universe, quantum theory and emergentism vs. panpsychism.

Dorothy Walter Baruch gives us an excellent discussion of the nature of these needs in her outstanding book on rearing emotionally healthy children entitled New Ways in Discipline, You and Your Child Today:

Karl Barth spends little time in his vast dogmatic system on the discussion of the nature of sin.

predeterminism is not a topic I wanted to expand upon because of the nature of the discussion — God vs Materialism — but we are on the same wavelength

At present, much discussion has also focused on the nature and sources of individualism.

Whitehead's discussion of the relation of God to time, like much of what he says about God, is primarily focused on the primordial nature of God.

10 Certain recent discussions of environmental ethics, dealing with «respect for nature» (where nature is not necessarily limited to the realm of living things), reflect some affinities with Hall's ideas on «deference» and seem to pose a challenge to my suggestion that the pursuit of power over nature should be criticized primarily in terms of its negative effects on human values and experiences.

The question of salvation and church membership, he adds, came into most of the council's key discussions: those on the nature of the church, its role in the modern world, ecumenism, missionary activity, religious freedom.

They are divisions in the passage of nature, and where you draw the boundaries between events seems to me to depend on how you want to describe them, e.g., «What is going on in this discussion.»

I am inclined to offer an interpretation that, at this point in the discussion, can be nothing more than a suggestion: Whitehead is leaning toward a form of naïve realism a leaning that will culminate in his famous attack on theories of the bifurcation of nature.