Sentences with phrase «on philosophical terms»

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The philosophical significance of his own attitude to transgenderism seems lost on him: Transgenderism raises fundamental questions about the nature of the human person — indeed, about whether one can even speak in terms of human nature anymore in any universal, meaningful sense.

Philosophical and political arguments, by which we might understand the meaning of the term as it is used most commonly today, begin with Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France.

«The term can refer to theological accounts of the world as God's creation; or to philosophical reflection on the categories of space and time; or to observational and theoretical study of the structure and evolution of the physical universe; or, finally, to «world views»: unified imaginative perceptions of how the world seems and where we stand in it» (Tracy and Lash, vii).

It is, in particular, the second of evangelicalism's two tenets, i. e., Biblical authority, that sets evangelicals off from their fellow Christians.8 Over against those wanting to make tradition co-normative with Scripture; over against those wanting to update Christianity by conforming it to the current philosophical trends; over against those who view Biblical authority selectively and dissent from what they find unreasonable; over against those who would understand Biblical authority primarily in terms of its writers» religious sensitivity or their proximity to the primal originating events of the faith; over against those who would consider Biblical authority subjectively, stressing the effect on the reader, not the quality of the source — over against all these, evangelicals believe the Biblical text as written to be totally authoritative in all that it affirms.

Fourth, as used in most evangelical discussion, the term is a philosophical judgment controlled by categories alien to Scripture; it is a slogan based on «how God ought to have inspired the Word» which has been substituted for careful patient analysis of what the Bible does teach about itself.

Whether and how far these reflections concerning a positive relation between spirit and matter may be significant when it is a question of asking in philosophical and theological terms whether an ontological connection between man and the animal kingdom asserted by the natural sciences to be a fact, is open to an explanatory interpretation on the basis of the nature of spirit and matter, can only be judged after we have examined some aspects of «becoming» in general.

That means that we shall have to enter into philosophical and cultural - linguistic systems other than our own and show in their terms that what we say makes sense, or that that system is in itself confused on its own terms, and that we are prepared to abandon our beliefs if they can not make sense in other viable systems and hence are not universal in significance.

Nonetheless, the mindset that led the original ICEL «translators» to interpret «Mysterium Fidei» ■ in terms of a theological narrative to be recited, rather than as an acclamation addressed to a living person, does touch on some deeper theological and philosophical issues which have wider relevance and more far reaching implications.

Speaking on purely philosophical conservative terms, we first need to make a distinction between the European and American Conservatism, which are fundamentally different.

While it's true that the term was once used almost exclusively for vocal critics of Eastern bloc regimes, nowadays it's used for any notable figures that critisize a goverment's established policies on a philosophical, ideological or political level.

I also saw another side of science on the other side of the Atlantic, in terms of a different philosophical and practical approach.

While I found it interesting to form my own rationale as to what the film is about, by the same token, I often am reluctant to actually recommend films that don't work on fundamental narrative terms without having to read personal philosophical theories into them.

A three - lesson short term scheme of work on abortion from a philosophical, legal and Humanist perspective suitable for GCSE Religious Studies.

So let's have the debate on moral or philosophical or policy - preference terms, rather than pretending that empirical evidence signals the proper outcome.

It's bordering on first in the nation in terms of the philosophical change from using euthanasia as the principal method of population control of homeless and unwanted animals.»

It's here that I can reflect on where I'm coming from and where I'm going to, both in terms of geography and in deeper, philosophical terms regarding the metaphysical roads we embark upon (puff, puff, pass).

Calling up diverse references, from still life vanitas to hard - edge abstraction, color theory diagrams, and optical illusions, Eaton's work deeply engages with vision on physiological, technological, and philosophical terms.

Aside from addressing an expanded present with distinct temporalities, histories, and experiences of time existing simultaneously, the artists included in The Mulberry Forest Becoming Ocean draw on philosophical traditions that consider time not strictly in linear terms, allowing for narratives of development, evolution, and recuperation of past.

Likewise if you are working on the history of philosophy you might take an interest in the rise of religions or science and turn to either Hegel or Marx with their grand narratives attempting to explain the evolution of human civilization, whereas if you are interested in the history of philosophy you might consider Frederick Copleston — who is largely just trying to describe in layman's terms and in chronological order different philosophical systems.

Most internship seekers who add a job objective to their résumé focus their objective on long - term achievements, or states of mind, or enlightenment more appropriate for philosophical discussion.