Sentences with phrase «ordinary experiences such»

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The derivative notion of «society» is essential to his metaphysics, for it serves to link his speculative conception of actual entities with entities of ordinary experience, such as material bodies and living organisms (including cells and molecules).

The underemphasis on the empirical way is particularly important because it has not only discouraged the aesthetic appreciation of the power of art and of the world of ordinary experience, it has also discouraged the moral action which such appreciation might engender.

The objects of our ordinary experience, things such as rocks, trees, animals and persons are composites or groupings of what we have been calling occasions of experience.

The assumption is that the fundamental character of reality, which is not apparent in ordinary experience as such, not even in its totality, has become manifest in this happening.

At any rate, among such people as David Burrell, Stephen Crites, Samuel McClendon, Donald and Walter Capps, James Wiggins, John Dunne and, in a different way, Richard R. Niebuhr and William Lynch, it is a concern with concrete, ordinary experience that for some has meant a renewed interest in religious autobiography — Paul's letters, Augustine's Confessions, John Woolman's Journal, Kierkegaard's writings, the theological work of Teilhard de Chardin, Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers, Dorothy Day's autobiography and so on.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

It would be understandable if ordinary Catholics who watched the proceedings felt embarrassed, confused and somewhat more circumspect about publicly admitting their Catholicism after such an experience.

The subliminal region, whatever else it may be, is at any rate a place now admitted by psychologists to exist for the accumulation of vestiges of sensible experience [whether inattentively or attentively registered], and for their elaboration according to ordinary psychological or logical laws into results that end by attaining such a «tension» that they may at times enter consciousness with something like a burst.

Such antimodern models of «critical traditionality» come out of the life experience of ordinary people in India and provide working examples of tolerance and pluralism not by ejecting religio - cultural particularities but by utilizing them for the good of all.

It would therefore seem like a dubious retrogression to discredited ideas if we were now suddenly to postulate such a supernatural «intervention» for the miracle of the resurrection: this would contradict all scientific thinking as well as all ordinary convictions and experiences.

Ordinary objects of our experience, such as rocks and tables, are composed of many strands of enduring objects; and the story of planetary evolution focuses on the careers of incredibly complex organisms which may be analyzed into societies with sub-societies of many kinds.

From a metaphysical point of view these positions seem to create such a dichotomy between ordinary experience and «reality» that for many the only recourse is a kind of lobotomy which divorces reality from rationality.

Historically, evidence suggests that breastfeeding was once perceived as an ordinary «everyday» experience within societies such as the UK, in which this is now no longer the case (Oakley, 1979; Carter, 1996).

«The 86 is meant to be enjoyed by as many driving enthusiasts as possible, and our pricing will extend its appeal to people who never imagined they could afford such a fun car,» says Toyota Australia marketing manager Matthew Callachor.Toyota 86 chief engineer Tetsuya Tada added: «We developed an authentic sportscar so that ordinary people can experience the joy of exciting driving.»

Artists such as Paul Nash and Stanley Spencer were commissioned to reflect not only the front line, but all aspects of war as it was experienced by ordinary people, military or civilian.

Passive houses feel different to ordinary buildings, which is one of the reasons the International Passive House Days — and the opportunity to experience passive houses first hand — are such a central part of the Passive House Institute's efforts.

«I conclude that a witness with special skill, knowledge, training, or experience who has not been engaged by or on behalf of a party to the litigation may give opinion evidence for the truth of its contents without complying with rule 53.03 where: the opinion to be given is based on the witness's observation of or participation in the events at issue; and the witness formed the opinion to be given as part of the ordinary exercise of his or her skill, knowledge, training and experience while observing or participating in such events,» wrote Justice Janet Simmons on behalf of the court.

My job has helped me gain experience in making phone calls, performing ordinary office duties, and executing numerous tasks that involve computer programs such as Microsoft Access and Excel.

Moreover, mentioning statistical facts in the resume such as cost saved, reduction in duration and number of work cycles, other cost saving or efficiency raising tasks can add an extra ordinary edge to your current work experience.

Review the purchase agreement as most have provisions addressing damages that occur to the property prior to closing, and whether such damage occurs «in the ordinary course» or due to dramatic events like those you are now experiencing.