Sentences with phrase «own philosophical argument»

«I think that there's a Kantian philosophical argument to be made.

Start with the science that shows the humanity and individuality of the embryo, and then make philosophical arguments about the equality of all human beings as persons possessing inherent dignity.

The is the beauty of the philosophical arguments.

Specifically, only a rather sophisticated philosophical argument could offer a reasonable basis for taking temporal order and structure to be essential to experience as such and therefore to divine experience as well as to our own.

We have not mounted philosophical arguments that prove Christ is really present in the Eucharist despite appearances, or that He is wholly present in each part of each consecrated host; nor have we proved, from reason alone, that He is really present in a consecrated host in the Cathedral of Tokyo and Paris at the same time.

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.

Don't try to divert the subject with irrelevant philosophical arguments.

I am assuming that this view is in serious tension with the Bible and am arguing that it is not logically required by the philosophical argument.

The systematic claims of a philosophical argument must be taken at face value and judged on the basis of rational examination.

Employing biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments, John Paul described the Christian conception of man, and spoke about the inviolability of human life, from conception to death.

Personal philosophical arguments, including specious anecdotal evidence, leads me to believe this «anonymous» person has an agenda.

But a compelling philosophical argument can be made for the view that gay is not good, which means that it should be considered a disease in the same way as all the other sexual disorders in the DSM.

In what is to follow I will examine those strands of Craig's philosophical argument for the view that the universe began to exist which seem to be the strongest.

The central chapter on the Second Premise (K 65 - 140) contains: (i) a refutation of the attempted application of Cantor's transfinite mathematics to the domain of extramental reality, (ii) two philosophical arguments which attempt to show the conceptual absurdity of the notion of an infinite past of finite actualities, and (iii) two arguments from physics (concerning Big Bang and Thermodynamic theory, respectively) which attempt to show that probably the natural universe had an absolute beginning a finite time ago.

Craig validly schematizes the basic philosophical argument to be discussed as follows (translation into strict categorical and syllogistic form produces a valid EAE, figure 1 syllogism, K 103):

A second objection might be that, however plausible our philosophical argument above, absolute time «went out with Newton» after the Einsteinian revolution.

You say «In philosophical arguments the onus of proof rests on he who makes an assertion.»

It seems to me that a lot of theological and philosophical arguments come from people trying to say the same thing in different words.

You keep trying to excuse the RCC's criminal activities by cloaking them in silly philosophical arguments.

On the contrary, he does not see any legitimate philosophical argument against the Christian view.

However, logic and philosophical arguments can be made for or against God's existence.

Even if the philosophical argument does not entirely persuade, we should not therefore conclude that there is no point to Taylor's insistence that we can be selves only by understanding ourselves in relation to some defining community.

Hartshorne offers a closely reasoned philosophical argument for a doctrine of God based, not on the classical metaphysical categories of traditional theology, but on process philosophy that allows some non-absolute aspects of God.

Ignorant philosophical arguments with flexible premises having ZERO basis in observable or measurable reality?

For that reason I thought Ivan's final sentence highly questionable, and fatal for Pomocon / Porcher dialogue: «we should not confuse the philosophical argument in favor of the local community, or a very reasonable attraction to its many virtues, with either the possibility or desirableness of that arrangement for us today.»

Indeed, trying to turn a religious belief into a philosophical argument is a problem that has vexed the faithful since Thomas Aquinas.

I believe, not because of philosophical arguments, but because of my own experiences.

My own sense is that the philosophical arguments in favor of immortality have not carried the day.

Fortunately, these philosophical arguments play out in a pretty solid cop drama, executing well on the high octane car chases, shootouts and action sequences that keep the public coming back to cop movies for decades.

MacIntyre sometimes can not resist wickedly confirming his critics» prejudices about his work, but those who refuse to take MacIntyre seriously because they think him antimodern fail to understand the fundamental philosophical arguments that shape his position.

Every year, at every level of culture, there's a flood of words about it, from abstruse, high - theoretical juridical and philosophical arguments to close - to - the - ground rants and breast - beatings.

That is, until Origen, the Cappadocians, and Augustine came along, all of whom recognized the uniqueness of Christian claims and the need for complementary philosophical arguments.

I would have dismissed it immediately as one of those obscure and radical philosophical arguments of no real - life consequence.

Joy itself is evangelical, and people are more easily shocked by a happy, chaste Christian than they are by hearing about statistical studies of homosexuality or even philosophical arguments, such as sexual acts having intrinsic meaning and being open to new life.

As a result, we can not assume that there are any self - evident unprejudiced philosophical arguments that do not presuppose some interpretive context and world view.

Polkinghorne's discussion of the resurrection focuses, in contrast, on general philosophical arguments to the effect that «in order to confirm... the claim that the integrity of personal experience itself, based as it is in the significance and value of individual men and women and the ultimate and total intelligibility of the universe, requires that there be an eternal ground of hope who is the giver and preserver of human individuality and the eternally faithful Carer for creation.»

«Philosophical argument... has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith which is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that the gospel of Jesus Christ must be Divine Reality.

A recent inquiry from a college instructor in search of philosophical arguments on the morality of abortion inspired us to compile the below list of resources, which, though far from comprehensive, may be of use to pro-lifers.

He feels that there are no compelling philosophical arguments which would lead one to move on to, or on the other hand to reject, the conception of subjective, or as he calls it «personal», immortality for men.

Consequently, the Church needs to make philosophical arguments in the public square, ones that show that the world is inherently intelligible (and that our minds are naturally made for objective truth).

And lets be honest, when you say Christianity «explained the data», you're making a philosophical argument, not a scientific or logical one.

Though it's not a nutmeg, I think the Weeping Jesus deserves it's own philosophical argument.

Therefore, conceptually, if two people already - as universally supported - don't necessarily have the same voting weight (you can have a vote taken away from you for presumably doing wrong to society), what is the moral / philosophical argument against having select people being given additional votes for presumably doing more than average for society?

Those who support the idea of legislating in favour of assisted suicide will always give you the philosophical argument that it is our choice when to end our own lives and it should be a choice to be able to die with dignity.

I don't mean a philosophical argument either, i mean actual peer reviewed scientific evidence.

Eventually he arrives at his personal turning point, and his action writes the closing words of Spielberg's unspoken philosophical argument.

It treats its characters as placeholders for philosophical arguments and spends the majority of its running time trying to «solve» existential mysteries without adequately exploring them.

There is a very clear sense in which I am being unfair to The Congress as I am writing about a dramatic film rather than a philosophical essay but Folman's decision to critique dramatic artifice whilst engaging in dramatic artifice means that The Congress draws your attention away from the drama and towards the film's flawed philosophical argument.

Gray's sky - high ambitions, however admirable, preclude any sense of nuance or ambiguity, a problem shared by Cahill's film, which treats its characters as placeholders for philosophical arguments and spends the majority of its running time trying to «solve» existential mysteries without adequately exploring them.

This unit is about exploring philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God.