Sentences with phrase «philosophical ideas which»

The intellectual roots of terrorism lie in three philosophical ideas which, ironically, are peculiarly Western: popular sovereignty, self - determination and ethical consequentialism.

Not exact matches

«2 Therefore, philosophy of religion must balance itself between the extremes of a philosophy that cuts itself off from religious experience and a religious stance that segregates itself from philosophical reflection.3 The search for a philosophy of religion is a search for total world - view in which the idea of God encountered in human history is thoroughly integrated.

One sees from Gingerich's absorbing narratives the extent to which scientists are sometimes guided by philosophical ideas.

The first results of these metaphysical inquiries can be found in the five books of the manuscript «Notes towards a Metaphysic» (written from September 1933 till May 1934), in which he makes an endeavor to construct a cosmological - metaphysical system of his own, 5 following the example of Whitehead's and Alexander's description of reality as a process, but based on his method elaborated in An Essay on Philosophical Method, 6 and in «Sketch of a Cosmological Theory,» the first (never published) cosmology conclusion to The Idea of Nature.

I regard this preparation as now complete... in order to develop the philosophical ideas to which they have led me.

The Legacy Project aims not just to «promote» Hildebrandian ideas but above all to encourage a truly philosophical reception of his work — which is to say, a reception which does not dwell primarily on items of purely scholarly concern but which weighs von Hildebrand's theses, arguments, and formulations with the central question of philosophy, «Is it true?»

The real distinction between some philosophical ideas, which are nonbiblical in their implications, and the scriptural picture is exactly what I urged above: that between history read in terms of nature and nature read in terms of history.

Many scholars have suggested that there are two distinct phases in Marx's writings: early Marx, which includes at least the rather humanistic ideas of the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts (1844) and The Communist Manifesto (1848); and later Marx which has the much more technical and «scientific» economics of Das Capital, the first volume of which was published in 1867.

«Never before,» he wrote, «has a really first - rate philosophical system so completely and directly as Whitehead's supported the idea that there is a supreme love which is also the supreme being.

I shall be as explicit as possible about the presuppositions concerning how we know what we know, and the general philosophical ideas in relation to which this interpretation of the Christian faith is developed.

I therefore see as converging toward the idea of a post-Hegelian Kantianism the spontaneous restructurings of our philosophical memory and those which proceed from the shock effect of the kerygma of hope on the philosophical problematic and on the structures of its discourse.

It was fascinating, and I think important, to see the development over the centuries of the philosophical rift which eventually grew between science and religion, as a result of which many scientists (although by no means all) abandoned any idea of a Creator God.

To the Stagerite, we owe: the idea that the natural world is a coherent object of philosophical study, the structure of that philosophy, and the rational and logical tools with which to study it.

Humboldt as an empiricist, psychologist, and historian was ever attracted by the riddle of individuality, while his philosophical interest forced him to seek the idea or norm in which reality appears idealized.

The direct evidence consists of what Whitehead himself tells us, first, about how his books are meant to be read and understood, about the genesis of his ideas, and about modifications in his views; and second, about the nature of his thinking, about his difficulties in translating his thoughts into words, about the sources of his philosophical terminology, and about the peculiar manner in which he composed his books.

In the last ten years of his life, Wach was often mistakenly thought to be in the camp of the second approach to comparative religion at Chicago, which necessitated his stating repeatedly that while the philosophy of religion applies an abstract philosophical idea of what religion is to the data of empirical, historical studies, the history of religions begins with the investigation of religious phenomena, from which, it is hoped, a pattern of «meaning» will emerge.

The philosophical idea of substance arises from reflection about the kinds of objects with which we are surrounded: houses and cars, sticks and stones, planets and stars, chairs and tables.

It seems best, therefore, to understand Paul's reference here (which is probably an early Christian hymn) in light of the Platonic philosophical idea of «forms.»

I suggest further that many of the problems with which theologians now wrestle arise out of assumptions formed for them by more or less consciously accepted ideas of a philosophical sort.

«One of the fascinating stories that come out of these letters is of a struggle to contain what was certainly a very intense relationship which mixed emotions and philosophical ideas in proper Christian boundaries.»

Numerous lawmakers have close relationships with their campaign consultants, which is one of the motivations behind Cuomo's suggestion, and would certainly be hesitant to make their lives more difficult; others likely have philosophical objections to the idea.

«The idea requires that there is something beyond the physical mechanisms of thought that experiences the sunrise, which philosophical zombies would lack,» Hart says.

«Einstein's ideas,» his friend the physicist Max Born wrote over half a century ago, «have given the physical sciences the impetus which has liberated them from outdated philosophical doctrine, and made them one of the decisive factors in the modern world of man.»

This is conveyed through conversations between the two characters which allow Michód to verbalise some of the philosophical ideas of the picture and hint at his character's motivations.

Rather, at its core — the often - nonsensical action sequences — it's a juicy, handsomely - mounted, expertly - made B - movie, which then allows for belabored philosophical examination of the ideas behind horror tropes to be laid on top.

This panel, which brings together scholars from Europe and Latin America, will present historical and philosophical perspectives on the notion of deschooling, considered both as idea and ideal.

Her three - dimensional receptacles of thoughts, ideas and notes contain visual, conceptual and philosophical paradoxes that challenge perceptions and that offer literal and metaphorical windows into which one can glimpse the inner workings of the artist's mind.

If his abstractions are «about» anything, they are about resuscitating a pragmatic concept of holistic experience and modifying that naturalistic idea to meet the needs of a dedicated contemporary art practice in which emotion and contingency interact with larger structures of personality, and philosophical problems interact with real production.

He examines how we are influenced by words — lyrics in particular - that suggest ideas of the ways in which we believe certain romantic and philosophical «truths».

His work primarily consists of installations which explore and reflect on various philosophical, scientific and cultural ideas — often combined with a subtle wit.

Losing sight of the importance of what was happening visually in front of them led to various ideas (philosophical, spiritual, political) which were needed to shore up the lack of visual content and meaning (it's still happening).

The Tezos team imagines blockchain could create a sort of digital commonwealth, which takes the philosophical idea of democratizing technology to a whole new level.