Sentences with phrase «of philosophical background»

Increasing academic specialisation combined with the disintegration of a philosophical background that would unite theology, the humanities and the sciences makes Deane - Drummond's task near impossible.

Margaret Masterman had found that reading Whitehead's Symbolism and The Concept of Nature suggested the kind of philosophical background she was needing for her theory of language.

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From the moment I could understand what murder meant, I was taught that it was «wrong» — a relative consensus that seemed to be universal; that came from people of different philosophical backgrounds.

One of the glories of science is that people come together to do it who have all sorts of religious beliefs, philosophical views, cultural backgrounds, and political opinions.

Swinburne's background in the philosophy of science gives him an advantage in sorting out the legitimate science in these books from their questionable philosophical assumptions.

Whitehead once observed that there is a hidden imaginative background behind even the most refined and abstract of philosophical systems.

Of course, Catholic doctrine and «philosophical backgrounds» are still relevant.

I think coming from a fundamentalist background, seeing the Greek philosophical uses of this terminology helps me recover a sense of a non-legalistic meaning and it avoids the problem of how you could be righteous without actually fully being so.

Whereas the dichotomy of subject and object has been challenged by experiments in modern physics, a Cartesian dualism still provides the philosophical background of modern molecular biology and, more recently, sociobiology.

Northrop, F. S. C., «The Mathematical Background and Content of Greek Philosophy,» Philosophical Essays for Alfred North Whitehead.

A general review of the endnotes from Gunter's paper reveals a fair number of sources who will corroborate the claim that Bergson's scientific views are nor only not outdated, but go very» much to the heart of current scientific methods and insights, but particularly, see A. C. Papanicolaou and Pete A. N. Gunter, eds., Bergson in Modern Thought Towards a Unified Science (New York: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987), and for important background on how Bergson came to be seen as dated when he was not, see also, Milic Capek, Bergson and Modern Physics, (cited above) and The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics (Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 1961), and the volume edited by Gunter, Bergson and the Evolution of Physics (cited above).

Although Whitehead does not define mass in Process and Reality, he presents the philosophical background for its preprojective origins in Chapter III, «The Order of Nature,» Sections IV through VII.

Important also are the background assumptions, the unexamined or unspoken philosophical presuppositions, of all this effort on society's behalf.

I maintained that he failed to acknowledge that divine revelation becomes properly intelligible only in light of certain philosophical theses — and that it is precisely this philosophical background that allows Christians to rightly understand God's relationship to the world.

But the latter two have concerns that far transcend their religious background, for whom that background seems more or less accidental to their philosophical positions, while the former three argue directly out of their Judaism, precisely the outlook that makes their thought so instructive for Novak's thesis:

As Ted Cohen points out in his «philosophical thoughts on joking matters,» Jokes begin «with an implicit acknowledgment of a shared background,» and this commonality sets up the satisfactions of a shared response.

It seems that post modernism is the new philosophical background of our theological reflection and the entire Christian existence.

I think we should specify once again the cultural and philosophical background out of which the typical, psychologically biased understanding of symbols has arisen.

Completely destroying the idealized background of yoga, he assembles a clearer picture of how yoga has evolved through the ages, from its meditative / philosophical origins to the nationalistic Indian pride that helped piece together the asanas we practice today.

Directors Ben Rivers and Ben Russell come from a background that includes experimental filmmaking and ethnography, and through their film's structure put a heavy emphasis on how location defines a person, as well as throwing in plenty of existential and philosophical themes.

After decades of disappointing educational outcomes, it's time to work on some educational solutions based on a solid philosophical background.

As well as practical guidance the book takes a step back and explores the different philosophical arguments and standpoints and the resultant solutions and problems of each approach, examining the background and relationship between different philosophical schools of thought, ethics and veterinary care.

«Electric Ladyland» also befits Van Kerckhoven's background as a trained graphic artist who since 1981 has been both an active member of Antwerp's experimental - music scene and someone who has long embraced an array of visual languages in the studio to explore various polemical, philosophical positions.

With a background in philosophical theories he was predisposed to a process of reduction and a desire to filter the wealth of his historical influence.

With an abundance of industry related historical background in addition to having other skill sets, both physical and mental, and the education to back up his sometimes philosophical approaches to various topics here on REM, he has a genuine heart for people.