Sentences with phrase «metaphysical convictions of»

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Beyond that, the convictions, motivations, goals and priorities of their philosophies are as varied as any atheist's — the only distinguishing factor being a desire to self - impose an asterisk denoting affinity, or interest, in metaphysical pursuits.

Proponents of diverse theological positions have shared the assumption that religious convictions are in some decisive manner deficient, lacking proper roots in human experience or needing new metaphysical backing.

The question is what kind of religion is available to shape the larger society and what its basic «metaphysical - moral» or «theo - social» convictions are.

I think it was his conviction that led me to take a more metaphysical stance to my own field of ecology, while from John Cobb I was learning about the ecology of internal relations.

Deutsch casts aspersions on «becoming entangled in the metaphysics of any absolute causality concept» and ridicules «metaphysical convictions» (NC 13f).

This approach is what David Griffin has called Hartshorne's deep empiricism, his conviction that on the most fundamental levels of experience, the universal, necessary and common features of reality are embodied and careful attention to those basic experiences can yield general metaphysical truths, including those about God.