Sentences with phrase «epistemological tradition»

Quine is a powerful representative of an epistemological tradition of thought that currently dominates the English - speaking world, but it is a tradition that has basically reached a bad dead end.

Objectivism as the best alternative to violence: both Rorty and Palmer ignore this important truth about the epistemological tradition they criticize, though they do so for different reasons.

It is clear, then, that in his doctrine of symbolic reference Whitehead parts company with the Cartesian epistemological tradition and attempts to mediate the dualities which have plagued it.

Not exact matches

In the other model are seven «liberal - free» characteristics in the philosophers» tradition, which Kimball summarizes thus:» (1) Epistemological skepticism underlies (2) the free and (3) intellectual search for truth, which is forever elusive, and so all possible views must be (4) tolerated and given (5) equal hearing (6) with the final decision left to each individual, (7) who pursues truth for its own sake.

A third trend in the postliberal school takes a very different tack, arguing that postliberal theology as a whole is overly preoccupied with epistemological debates and is too much focused on conserving tradition.

Because of the epistemological assumptions in these traditions, world - system theory has paid little attention specifically to the role of religious beliefs or religious institutions.

The inability of the critical tradition to accept the historicity of high Christological statements, miracles, Jesus» divine self knowledge and such like, owes itself more to their «epistemological positivism» (p. 92) than to the lack of authenticity of the texts.

Crucial for MacIntyre is the historical fact that one tradition of inquiry can put another tradition into an epistemological crisis.

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.