Sentences with phrase «philosophical inquiries on»
The «search» in Prospect.3 (P. 3) also aims to further explore a philosophical inquiry on humanity, an effort to interrogate human feelings and human relationships.
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Rather, «one pursues a certain part of the theological task by engaging in historical inquiry, and another part by philosophical inquiry, and so on» (37; cf. 58).
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.
They rest on a kind of intuition or insightful experience, which can be the subject of philosophical inquiry.
The fact that a research university necessarily sets aside any subject's claim to rest on revealed principles that can not themselves be the subject of critical inquiry poses no serious problem because, Schleiermacher argues on philosophical grounds, religions like Christianity do not rest on principles in the first place, revealed or otherwise.
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.
While the impact of these classical theories has remained strong, I would like to point to a specific contribution that, in my view, has served as a kind of watershed in our thinking about the cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of inquiry.
The richness of Leigh's philosophical inquiry has ironically and tellingly flown over the heads of persons stuck on Sally Hawkins's performance, but there's no doubting that the popularity of the film feels as passionate as a ribald flamenco dance — something you could never say about Howard's frosty motion picture.
The exciting potential of philosophical questions to stimulate inquiry and promote thought about the most important questions of all should be a sufficient reason for its inclusion on the curriculum at all stages.
Descartes would be proud of the philosophical inquiry going on here: Pete doesn't pretend to be these things; he decides to take on various personae.
The austere still - life photographs of Jan Groover, who died in 2012, make the kitchen table a site of deep spatial and philosophical inquiry, closing in on utensils until they start too look like Surrealist abstractions or pulling back to reveal Morandi-esque arrangements of vessels.
Formalism was an attempt on philosophical inquiry into the very nature of art, and as such was one approach among many others, like Voluntarism, Intellectualism and Naturalism.
Her research interests are focused on the relations between philosophical inquiry, perception and art practice, with a particular emphasis on phenomenology and the work of Maurice Merleau - Ponty.
Often focused on a queer experience of the post-Soviet world, his work transforms descriptive accounts into literary dramas, autobiographical reflections, and philosophical inquiries.
Relying also on the images that surround us, John Baldessari encourages the viewer's attention to minor details, absence, and the space between things, and through his manipulation of the image, and the painting over the faces with primary colors, and the obscuring of the portions of the scenes, challenges and creates philosophical inquiries into art and knowledge.
Ranging across Johns's entire career — from his breakthrough paintings of the 1950s, which paved the way for the subsequent development of Pop art and Minimalism, to his most recent work — the survey offers a rich overview of the visual and philosophical inquiries central to Johns's practice and illuminates his enormous impact on artistic developments following Abstract Expressionism.
The practice of alchemy, a precursor to modern chemistry, was a deep philosophical inquiry based on the desire to discover a way to transform base metals into gold.
Philosophical by nature, these inquiries are hardly discussed in public, but as the artist points out, they are inevitably imprinted on people's faces.