Sentences with phrase «of professional philosophers»

And sometimes, as with the example of positivism, the work of professional philosophers actually stands in the way of progress.

If the image of professional philosophers were different, courses in philosophy might be crowded with persons seeking their wisdom.

And there are a few instances of professional philosophers offering such wisdom.

But this combination of thrift and micromanagement, bequeathed to me by my blue - collar grandparents and a control - freak mother, has proved helpful in my chosen career of professional philosopher.

Not exact matches

The Danish philosopher was particularly hard on religious professionals, and claimed that inconsistent behaviors most often accompany exorbitant professions of good intentions:

The works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a professional paleontologist as well as Jesuit philosopher, also exerted a formative influence.

A «deep ecology» based on the work of the Norwegian philosopher, Arne Naess, and appealing to Spinoza for support, is promoted in California chiefly by certain professional philosophers.

This balkanization of meaning continues as a professional habit of philosophers, and not only among those who dismiss the self.

First, I am a professor of philosophy and a professional philosopher, I guess you could say, privy to the philosophical movements of the twentieth century, many of which, for better or worse, have had an influence on theology and thinking about religion.

His breakdown amid the variety of Roman alternatives was cured by the new Christian alternative, his intellectual doubts as a late antique philosopher were resolved by Hebrew and Christian truth, his dissatisfaction with professional advancement in Rome was rechanneled into an enthusiasm for the new society of the ecclesia.

But Teilhard was not a professional philosopher; the kind of philosophy implicit in his thought would have to be based on his work, not on what he said it was.

None of the three thinkers was a professional philosopher but each articulated principles that were to govern thought and action.

It is my hope that this volume will help to «bridge the gap» between the professional philosophers and theologians and the many other persons who are looking for a basic familiarity with process theology but who do not have the time to struggle with the complexities of the process system as a whole.

This primary empirical consideration, which affirms the importance of the mind - body distinction, is strongly contested, says Searle, by «the professionals in philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, and cognitive science» («Consciousness and the Philosophers,» The New York Review of Books [March 6,1997], 43 - 50).

Professional philosophers consider him the chief exponent of «nominalism,» a powerful late - medieval philosophical movement which denied that universal concepts and principles exist in reality» they exist only in our minds.

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Dr Catharine Abell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Arif Ahmed, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cambridge David Archard, Professor of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast Helen Beebee, Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Simon Blackburn, former Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, UNC - Chapel Hill Margaret A. Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex Dr Stephen Burwood, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Hull Dr Peter Cave, Lecturer in Philosophy, Open University Andrew Chitty, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sussex Michael Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham Antony Duff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling John Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter Dr Nicholas Everitt, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of East Anglia Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy, LSE C. Grayling, philosopher and Master of the New College of the Humanities Dr Peter King, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford Dr Brendan Larvor, Reader in Philosophy and Head of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire Dr Stephen Law, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London Ardon Lyon, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, City University London H. Mellor, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Richard Norman, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Kent Eric Olson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, King's College London Derek Parfit, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Duncan Pritchard, Professor and Chair in Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Janet Radcliffe Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Oxford Jonathan Rée, philosopher and author Theodore Scaltsas, Professor and Chair of Ancient Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Peter Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Moral Philosophy and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin Tom Sorell, Professor of Politics and Philosophy, University of Warwick Dr Tanja Staehler, Reader in Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex Thomas Uebel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Nigel Warburton, philosopher and author Keith Ward, Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity, University of Oxford John White, Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education, University of London Stephen Wilkinson, Professor of Bioethics, Lancaster University RE professionals (other than teachers):

Sometimes Midgley's own remarks about the character of contemporary professional philosophy seem to lend weight to the claims of those like biologist E. O. Wilson, who regard philosophers as unhelpful amateurs (as if philosophers habitually knew nothing except what fellow philosophers had written).

The scientists never seem to reach an agreement about those things — like in the case of the multiverse — but then, neither do the professional philosophers.

Oh wait, that's what would happen in the alternate universe in which education is an obsession of every education professional, the pivot about which their professional lives revolve rather then being the sport of philosopher - kings as it is in our reality.

philosophers, and other professionals in the industry of thought discuss a variety of topics.

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I never envisioned publishing encyclopedia entries on Islamic philosophers, writing about critical thinking pedagogy, investigating the doctrine of stare decisis, or sending out book proposals (as you might guess, it's the «jack - of - all - trades» syndrome, but I'm more interested in the politics and ethics of intellectual responsibility than professional standing and status): nothing could have been further from my mind!

Newyork About Blog Here you will find links to the professional and public writings of Professor Massimo Pigli, a philosopher at the City College of New York.Topics range from general philosophy to philosophy of science to the modern practice of the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, because all (Western) philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

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