Sentences with phrase «faced by philosophy»

This is a question, I think, that has been rarely faced by philosophy.

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A good many of the new faces in Washington will have been supported by the Tea Party movement, and a good number of these are committed to the worldview and political philosophy of libertarianism.

But the question is one that must be faced by any process philosophy or theology which sets out to use an analysis of human experience as a basis for characterizing God.

By taking that elemental assurance at its face value, he was able to accept a primary rule of modern philosophy — that the evidence for an external world can be found only within occasions of experience — without being drawn into solipsism.

Panikkar's theology is highly marked by his biography which laid the encounter of different religions and contexts in his cradle, as it were.40 He has faced this challenge and engaged in an intense study of languages, philosophies, theologies and sacred scriptures as well as living everyday life in many contexts.

These curious claims by Albert Schweitzer (in The Philosophy of Civilization [Macmillan, 1949]-RRB- lead one to wonder what he means by mysticism and whether, in the face of being variously labeled «idealist,» «rationalist,» «existentialist» and «radical» free - thinker, he is a mystic after all.

It is in relation to this contemporary historical challenge faced by all religions, all metaphysics and philosophies, and all secular ideologies, dialogue among them has relevance.

The existentialists make an ethical obligation of the notion that death is all and that «living in the face of death means living such fashion that life can be broken off at any moment and not be rendered meaningless by such an accident,» to quote Glenn Gray's «The Problem of Death in Modern Philosophy» (in The Modern Vision of Death, edited by Nathan A. Scott, Jr. [John Knox, 1967)-RRB-.

In the face of this obscuring activity of the actual consciousness — with whose help the higher beings achieve «individual depth of being by a selective emphasis» — in the face of this objectively distorted concreteness and realism Whitehead defines the task of philosophy: It must «recover the totality obscured by the selection» (PR 15/22).

Now, in this Berlin Silver Bear winner from Mia Hansen - Løve — writer - director of such intimate films as Father of My Children and Goodbye First Love — Huppert delivers a note - perfect warm and wry performance as a philosophy teacher whose life is defined by ideas rather than circumstance, a woman of substance — intellectual, emotional, financial — who faces unexpected constraints and freedoms when the assumed certainties of her domestic life unravel.

The article outlines how by embracing the Facing History philosophy, the school enviornment has become more supportive, equitable and safe.

The new concept explores INFINITI's vision for a premium mid-sized SUV and is inspired by INFINITI's «Powerful Elegance» design philosophy with a distinctive face, side body surfacing, a «crescent - cut» pillar, and striking rear.

An Exterior with Unexpected Attitude The new Camry's face is accentuated by a two - piece grille comprised of flowing thin and thick treatments — key elements of the Camry's «Keen Look» design philosophy.

Existential Art (1940s and 1950s) John Paul Sartre's existentialist philosophy, with its themes of alienation and angst in the face of the human condition, can be seen in paintings by the American Abstract Expressionists, the Informel and «CoBrA» movements, the French Homme - Temoin (Man as a Witness) group, the British Kitchen Sink art group, and the American Beats - all of whom from time to time are designated Existential, as are many individual painters and sculptors: like the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, and the surrealist / expressionist Francis Bacon.

Thus, the actual professionals in the field are slimed with the same public disdain / crud as the here - today - gone - tomorrow amateur - hour try - out artists, who, by their never - ending, same - incompetence - different - faces presence, keep this industry in a perpetual state of discord... thanks to the inwardly - looking philosophy and self - sustaining politics of ORE lever - pullers, aka self - satisfied puppeteers.

At Weichert, we maintain and modernize our core philosophy by applying technology to strengthen our sales associates in their face - to - face meetings with consumers.»