Sentences with phrase «of philosophical literature»

No brief summary can do justice to the book's imaginative blending of philosophical literature and social science research, to the wealth of small insights tucked into every chapter, or to the graceful writing that carries the reader along so effortlessly.

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The Bishop rightly alerts the listeners to the obvious self - refuting nature of scientism; he emphasises that truth can surely be found in non-scientific forms such as poetry and literature; and then finally, he offers the building blocks for a philosophical argument that the intelligibility of the universe, and thereby the possibility of any science, in some way demonstrates a thinking mind behind the universe.

Although, according to Grant, what characterizes the God of the gospels is «all - inclusive love,» the theme of love was one that philosophical theologians treated «only with difficulty»; after the New Testament, we encounter «relatively few references to God's love» in the early Christian literature.4 The subject of God's power, however, is an altogether different matter.

Because he is a voracious reader who goes in for heavy reading about ultimate concerns, his humor can be appreciated especially by those familiar with the pretentiousness of some religious and philosophical literature.

VAST swathes of philosophical and creative literature has * hinged * on the fact that human beings are depraved — the story of English Literature, for example, is largely a getting to grips with human finititude, ineptitude, and iliterature has * hinged * on the fact that human beings are depraved — the story of English Literature, for example, is largely a getting to grips with human finititude, ineptitude, and iLiterature, for example, is largely a getting to grips with human finititude, ineptitude, and immorality.

What has been offered above in terms of dominant themes in modern educational theory is not intended to be comprehensive and complete, but to point to some very important work that is evidenced in the educational, philosophical and theological literature.

In the extensive secondary literature on Weil, her religious ideas are frequently treated with little understanding of their philosophical, theological, moral and social - political bearing.

Even as structuralism was being adapted for the study of biblical literature, its assumptions and claims were being challenged in the wider world of philosophical and literary studies.

Heinemann, F. H., «Survey of Recent Philosophical and Theological Literature.

Taylor traces the development of this last feature of the modern identity not only through philosophical writings but also in literature and, especially, the arts.

This literature contains some stimulating intellectual responses as well as several ad hominem pieces which are more concerned with rhetorical flourish and pietisms than critical reflection.1 There are some who want to rid the church of process theology because it is too philosophical, hence unappreciative of things which are distinctively religious.

Indeed, says Nussbaum, any philosophical examples that were to develop «the particularity, the emotive appeal, the absorbing plottedness, the variety and indeterminacy of good fiction» would by that very development become works of literature.

In the Renaissance the reawakened interest in the art and literature of Greek and Roman antiquity was often directed to Christian themes, but the latter did not loom so prominently as they had in the philosophical awakening of the Middle Ages.

Whitehead notes that «an old established metaphysical system gains a false air of adequate precision from the fact that its words and phrases have passed into current literature» (PR 13), leading to a «false» presumption of descriptive precision that assumes the obvious simplicity of the philosophical statements offered.

One such area concerns critical evaluation of literature, particularly when the standards involved have differing philosophical implications.

If it is unintelligible (as Griffin and Hartshorne insist that it is), this will not count as a criticism of what Griffin calls «traditional theodicy,» nor will it have any real bearing on the adequacy of various positions taken in the contemporary, philosophical literature on the problem of evil.

Similarly, John used Philo to advantage and borrowed a philosophical teaching from him which John, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and his own genius, translated into christological theology unmatched in all the literature of the world.

The language of philosophical theology seems not to have been subjected to any very searching logical analysis in the recent literature.

Moreover, within the framework of these rubrics, it does not really make sense why Whitehead from 1912 on wrote and published — in addition to studies in natural philosophy and natural science — a series of what may be called contributions to popular philosophy, a genre which the secondary literature usually passes by In our reconstruction of the development of Whitehead's basic philosophical problem the significance of this phase of his activity becomes obvious.

Only on literature and poetry it did not, and could not, have effective influence, owing not to lack of enthusiasm, but to its philosophical and practical character, which moved outside the mental process of poetry.

They are major participants in groups within the American Philosophical Association, the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion.

With their new classical names, and their insights into history and literature, their attitudes stretched all the way from a lampooning of the gullible piety of the masses to a more philosophical agnosticism or a mysticism, which stood apart from ecclesiastical authority.

He gives voice to the philosophical problem of evil perhaps more clearly and cogently than any other speaker or actor, any other philosopher or theologian, in the whole of world literature.

From his perspective, the global corpus of literature has far more to say about ethics than just the philosophical canon alone, and advanced AIs can tap into that wisdom.

Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.

Along the way, we are treated to Isabel's philosophical musings on many diverse subjects: being polite, or saying what you really feel; landscape painters taking artistic licence; the purpose of art; adoption; head lice; which bodily afflictions are too personal to talk about; sarcasm; swearing; wind turbines; jumping to conclusions; religion; children's literature; dogs dreaming; metaphors; how to end arguments and knowing who you are.

Language and literature play an increasing role as material for their multifaceted work, from the philosophical underpinnings in Bertolt Brecht's War Primer to the sacred texts of the Holy Bible itself, both books having been refashioned and recreated by the artists in their own ambiguous, combatant image.

His works touch upon a wide spectrum of American culture, ranging from trenchant anti-war messages in the style of political editorial cartoons, reflecting the influence of William Blake and Goya, to more philosophical, whimsical messages oriented around literature, religion, sexuality, and sports.

In recent series, Voigt has applied her unique visual method in the deconstruction of works of literature and philosophical texts, highlighting specific words and passages that resonate with her.

This symposium — moderated by Mark Nash and Allison Thompson — examines «the intersection of the artistic, theoretical, literary, and cultural dimensions» in the work of Frank Bowling, the Guyanese - born, London - based artist whose work is «deeply connected to, and inflected by Édouard Glissant's notion of a «Caribbean Discourse» — the idea that the entire critical literature and art created within the historical complex of the Black Atlantic is an ongoing process of philosophical reflection.»

In regards to your hypothetical North Korean example, (which has no relationship or similarity to the AR5 privacy agreement BTW), you are using the common «lessor evil to prevent a greater evil» example, which is of course a common philosophical point of discussion, and often even raised in movies and literature.

I have developed and delivered courses in subjects ranging from the history of Western philosophy to quantitative reasoning, from the comparative study of religions to Native American literature, from French language and culture to the historical, social, and philosophical foundationa of education.