In fact,
given the process philosophical perspective, the difficulty does not even arise.
Not exact matches
A justified
process - rooted
philosophical appreciation of social canons can be taught through a pedagogical strategy that begins with their critique, that expunges them from the natural
given furnishings of the immediately real in order to rediscover them as the inherited cultural accretions by which we transform the immediately real into a world of enduring meanings and human significance.
He has
given process theologians a body of work that along with Whitehead's writings provides them with a clearly argued and lucidly stated
philosophical basis for theological reconstruction.
For example, he wrongly claims that there is a weak «
philosophical distinction between
giving people the right to stop external or artificial
processes that prolong their lives and
giving them the right to stop the natural, internal
processes that do so.»
Process philosophy can complement this biblical recital by providing a description of the necessary conditions whereby such contingent divine activity is possible, just as the biblical recital can complement this abstract
philosophical outline by
giving it specific, concrete historical contours.
The question that Christians (or other religious people) should ask themselves here is
philosophical rather than sociological: Granting (as I think we must) that modern science has
given us new and often penetrating insights into reality and that modern technology has enormously increased our control over our lives, is it not possible that in the
process some very precious things have been lost?
Like Kant in his critical period, Peirce's initial
philosophical stance is that of a knower with human cognitive faculties for
processing given input into cognitions of reality.
Despite the attraction of existentialist philosophy and theology to
process theologians daring the sixties the major senior representatives of the movement continued to
give attention to public issues in portions of their books, See for example, Henry Nelson Wieman, The Intellectual Foundations of Faith (New York:
Philosophical
My own inadequate summary of the
process conceptuality intrigued them, and it was fortunate that there were present some who were well - known as experts in their own fields of study and who therefore could be
given as suitable references for further information about the specifically scientific application of the principles I had discussed from the
philosophical side.
First, we are
given an in - depth discussion of the
process of practical reasoning; the moral evaluation of human action; a
philosophical psychology that draws together the roles of intellect, will, and emotion in human acts and in the development of virtuous or vicious moral character; the nature of sin and the foundational role of conversion to Christ; and the place of law in the Christian life.
Using the potential of the most modern media technology, these artists
give visual form to
philosophical questions, which involves dividing time up into small sections and holding it up as if in a loop, by continual repetition of the same
process.