Sentences with phrase «modern disciplines in»

He has a background in Vedic science, the scientific and spiritual tradition of ancient India, and studied a number of classical and modern disciplines in the light of the foundations of knowledge.

Nanostructuring of materials is a task at the heart of many modern disciplines in mechanical engineering, as well as optics, electronics, and the life sciences.

Not exact matches

Here Muchembled might find himself in the company of Charles Taylor, whose massive project to explain the secular age suggests that the creation of the disciplined, rule - governed, disengaged modern subject comes with the danger of imprisoning us in dehumanizing structures of rationalized control.

In a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to scholars in the various historical disciplines: «Do not chiefly direct your attention to those intellectual positions which [controversialists] feel it necessary explicitly to defend.&raquIn a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to scholars in the various historical disciplines: «Do not chiefly direct your attention to those intellectual positions which [controversialists] feel it necessary explicitly to defend.&raquin the various historical disciplines: «Do not chiefly direct your attention to those intellectual positions which [controversialists] feel it necessary explicitly to defend.»

Given the choice between the canon of scripture and modern principles of interpretation, I have no question where to camp, but I am, to a large degree, challenged by what looks like a major disconnect between modern scholarly discipline and the understanding of our ancestors in the faith.

We are thus able to align our theology with the scientific and philosophic disciplines which already have made the conversion to the modern dynamic world - view from the classic static world - view — hence from the Ptolemaic to the Copernican, from the Aristotelian eternal species to the Darwinian evolution of species, from the metaphysical to the temporal or historical and evolutionary in philosophy and theology.

I shall not delay the discussion here to defend Bergson against his critics, except to point out that what is frequently termed «irrationalism» in Bergson is precisely what he has in common with all modern disciplines that take the dimension of depth seriously.

This complexity necessitates further attention to questions of criteria and method not only, let us note, in theology but across all the modern disciplines where the inevitable strife over method shows no sign of abating.

The discipline of confronting the Gospel of primitive Christianity, in those forms of statement which are least congenial to the modern mind, compels us to re-think, not only the Gospel, but our own prepossessions.

«I would note that the Genesis story is not recreatable yet you believe that when Genesis is the only «evidence» for it, yet it is proven to be incorrect by many facets of modern knowledge in various disciplines.»

Specialized courses, which are conducted within the strict limits of a technical discipline, may be excellent preparation for the professional worker in that field; they are not likely to provide for the best use of leisure by the liberated modern man.

As with other fields of sociological research the question has been asked if there is good enough reason to treat socioreligious phenomena separately instead of handling them in the traditional disciplines (theology, philosophy, anthropology, etcetera).30 Yet, as against such doubts, the work done by modern scholarship has proved the right to an independent existence of «sociology of religion.»

He explains (quoting someone else) that geocentrism «would destroy, in one mortal blow, the theories of evolution, paleontology, cosmology, cosmogony, relativity, and many other modern disciplines, placing them all on the dust heap of history.

Indeed, most cultures in human history have generated no such marvel as the modern scientific movement, and even in our own culture, scientifically oriented as it is supposed to be, most people accept the benefits of technology and use the vocabulary of science but do not in fact choose to abide by the disciplines that alone make scientific productivity possible.

Especially since the birth of modern science he various disciplines have become more and more sensitive o the need to be methodical in order to arrive at appropriate results.

Few other intellectual disciplines in our modern, technological world go as unattended as moral and spiritual awareness.

Parental responsibility includes the admonition to bring up children in «the discipline and instruction of the Lord» (6:4), a favorite verse in modern «Christian family life» literature.

There is an ambivalence about sexuality in some modern psychology that makes it difficult to understand the Christian attitude that sexual self - discipline can be an expression of love.

Stressing the relevance of a given course or discipline to the modern world, putting more emphasis on psychological and sociological studies, or locating students in field situations, while important, will not solve the problem.

The delight and the discipline in the aesthetic experience are nicely recorded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, two of the greatest modern painters.

In The Historian and the Believer, 57 Van A. Harvey uses the metaphor of judicial proceedings to illuminate the different relationships between evidence, warrants, and conclusions involved in the «field - encompassing» discipline practiced by the modern scientific historiaIn The Historian and the Believer, 57 Van A. Harvey uses the metaphor of judicial proceedings to illuminate the different relationships between evidence, warrants, and conclusions involved in the «field - encompassing» discipline practiced by the modern scientific historiain the «field - encompassing» discipline practiced by the modern scientific historian.

In spite of these testimonies, the churches have for the most part bought variations of the essentialist view put forth by the modern medical and mental health disciplines.

Against the institution's detractors» from Marx to radical feminists to Michel Foucault's theories about oppressive «disciplining» mechanisms» the family provides the modern world with a zone of freedom joined to responsibility in a way that no other institution does or could.

The modern worldview has put its faith in experts, each producing bricks of knowledge they hope will stick together with bricks from other disciplines.

It treats the issues that are most important, however they relate to existing disciplines and approved methods, and it criticizes the assumptions of all of the disciplines established in the modern world.

American Catholicism, for example, may have developed a superior capacity for corporate success — both in business and in other large - scale organizations — by adapting the church's premodern and patriarchal ethic of solidarity to the disciplines of modern industrialization; but the Catholicism so created is hardly the same as that which the immigrants left behind, along with much of the rest of Europe's agrarian past.

Thus the discipline has much to contribute to modern self - understanding and will make its impact felt increasingly in university education.

Yet they were expected to live also in the modern world and to take seriously the academic disciplines that instructed them about its nature.

Theological education is torn between academic norms, defined chiefly as excellence in the historical disciplines, and modern professional norms defined in terms of excellence in performing the functions church leaders are expected to perform.

The tendency toward pluralism and the participation of the schools in the confusion of churches and ministers becomes even more apparent in their efforts to add to the traditional core of theological studies new disciplines which are to serve as bridges between the heritage and modern men, or, more immediately, between it and the needs of ministers in modern churches.

A comeback victory by David Svoboda in the combined run - shoot discipline of the modern pentathlon might be the last we see of men's modern pentathlon in the Olympics.

Mr. Wenger came in with new ideas, discipline, conviction and obsession to the kind of purist attacking attractive football that immediately catches eyeballs, and modern sports science.

The discipline featured at the first ever Games in the modern era at Athens 1896.

«When it comes to disciplining the kids, there's been a role reversal in the modern home,» with moms being more consistent in discipline than dads.

While today's parents grew up in a generation where physical discipline might have been the norm, many of them have taken a more «modern» and less punitive approach to discipline, like giving kids time outs.

Although his critics say Cable is too academic and too ill - disciplined for the cut and thrust of modern politics, throughout his time in government he remained an irritation to his coalition partners.

For the first time in modern political history the state has real fiscal discipline, we have held spending to 2 %.

The 86 - strong Conservative rebellion over the immigration amendment last week was only the latest in a series of revolts that make this Tory parliamentary party the least disciplined of modern times.

Yet the vast majority of studies in the human - related sciences are not based on field research, and the most field - oriented disciplines, such as sociology and cultural anthropology, have been least receptive to the modern evolutionary perspective.

He adds that Mirzakhani's achievements «combine superb problem - solving ability, ambitious mathematical vision and fluency in many disciplines, which is unusual in the modern era, when considerable specialization is often required to reach the frontier».

Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby puts forward a little thought experiment where he evaluates the chances of a long - deceased, young - Earth creationist, who happened to possess possibly the greatest scientific mind of all - time, getting employment as a professor in a scientific discipline at a modern university.

The connection between mathematics and various other scientific disciplines, even the roles simple rational numbers may play, is something that Prof. Sinclair believes to be still potentially important in modern science.

Coordination between NASA and the NSF can be advantageous because (1) the sheer scale of many modern astronomical investigations requires a coordinated national, if not international, effort; (2) the enormous increase in technical, computer, and Web - based capability reduces the barriers to cooperation; and (3) the growing sophistication of researchers» investigations implies that coordination across wavelength bands and across disciplines is required to produce a deeper and more fundamental understanding of the objects and processes under study.

Over years of engaging with modern neuropsychology and other forms of scientific inquiry, in addition to immersing himself in the ancient disciplines of meditation, Charlie has developed unique, effective ways of bringing meditation into the modern world.

Research in biology, biochemistry, Ophthalmology, Dermatology and many other disciplines indicate it is our modern diet, full of refined foods, trans fats and sugar, that is at the root of degenerative diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, depression and infertility.

Note that the vast selection of content available in Project CARS 2 means that motion sensations can vary wildly between the different racing disciplines: pristine, modern F1 - spec circuits are a far cry from the harsh jumps and bumps of Rallycross.

The teachers are also depicted as authoritarian to the students, using violence for the sake of discipline, as did most Korean teachers in the»70s and to some extent in modern days as well.

As a whole, modern innovative literature training may only exist together with a long historical experience of development in the literary disciplines in secondary and higher education with methodical tradition.

In your book, you note the majority of the structure has remained, although modern disciplines have been added.

These disciplines now provide the opportunity for students to work in a wide range of both traditional and modern materials and to use a wide range of specialist tools, equipment and machinery, including computer aided manufacture.