Sentences with phrase «dogmatic assertions»
Dogmatic assertions refer to statements or beliefs that are presented as absolute or unquestionable truths, without allowing for doubt or opposing viewpoints. It means someone is making strong claims without considering alternative perspectives or evidence that may contradict their position. Full definition
«Speculative philosophy,» writes Whitehead, «is the endeavor to frame a coherent, logical, necessary system of general ideas in terms of which every element in our experience can be interpreted,» but they «are not dogmatic assertions of the obvious; they are tentative formulations of the ultimate generalities.»
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I grieve when Christian preachers make dogmatic assertions about people they say will be lost.
I counted 6 unsubstantiated and unevidenced dogmatic assertions of truth in that statement.
«These research findings call into question one of the most dogmatic assertions in paleoanthropology since Charles Darwin, which is that the human lineage originated in Africa.
There is no judgment present, the narrative ambiguity allows the viewer to interpret them as meditative reveries rather than as dogmatic assertions.»
At no point in previous discussion have I intended to replace philosophical argument by dogmatic assertion or to distort Whitehead so as to render him more amenable to Christian use.
Luther said that if you take away the dogmatic assertions, you take away the Gospel.
This was my religion he was describing, a religion that makes claims, truth claims, about the past, the present, and the future — a religion of dogmatic assertions.
To their reasoned advice and dogmatic assertion, its founders have added systematic exercise in passive relaxation, concentration, and meditation, and have even invoked something like hypnotic practice.
The review criticizes Read's dogmatic assertion that the essence of sculpture MUST consist in three - dimensionality, which implicitly asserts the supreme value of tactile associations.