Sentences with phrase «philosophical issues concerning»

Rather than gizmos or hypothetical futures, Almereyda is interested in philosophical issues concerning memory and identity.

But I do not think the philosophical issues concerning the epistemological role Kant assigned to space and time as forms, respectively, of outer and inner sense, are simply resolved by introducing the notion of space - time in physics.

Not exact matches

I conclude that Craig and the process theist are at an impasse so that if a decision is to be made concerning the cognitive superiority of either the kalam or process theistic models, this must be made by appeal to issues in philosophical theology other than the question of the extension of the past.

To both of them, philosophical concerns, particularly Existential philosophical issues posed important challenges.

His idea of a «new synthesis», proposed mainly in his book Catholicism: A New Synthesis and developed in his many theological and philosophical essays, was an attempt to grapple precisely with the issues we have spoken of: the post-Cartesian «turn to the subject» (that is: the loss of faith in the objectivity of knowledge and the subsequent exclusive concern of philosophy with the self and the subjective idea as the norm of «truth») and the philosophy of evolution with its implications for a dynamic rather than a static universe.

Two good examples of the confusion of philosophical and systematic concerns occur in a recent issue of Process Studies in articles by John B. Cobb, Jr. and David Lull.

But he clearly doesn't mean by this that the concept of omnipotence he attributes to God is derived solely from biblical statements, for he immediately adds that «unfortunately, Scripture contains no explicit statement concerning God's omnipotence, nor does it discuss the issue in any philosophical way.»

Hence, apart from concern about the dominant philosophical context, the issue of realism, in the second sense, arises here also.

For a discussion of issues concerning Whitehead's treatment see Lewis S. Ford, «Boethius and Whitehead on Time and Eternity,» International Philosophical Quarterly, 8 (March, 1968), 38 - 67; and Lewis S. Ford, «Whitehead's Conception of Divine Spatiality,» Southern Journal of Philosophy, 6 (Spring, 1968), 1 - 13.

A further philosophical issue, also of deep concern to many, appertains to the rationality of religious commitment within the context of modern democratic political culture.

These are general principles which do not concern religion more than it does other philosophical issues.

In our last issue we published a piece by Fr John M. McDermott S.J. concerning the resolution of tensions in the western philosophical tradition, especially in the modern philosophy of science...

The fact is that, actual and / or possible internal inconsistencies notwithstanding, Whitehead's Enquiry employs or considers a variety of possibilities concerning the nature of experience and the meaning and status of externality, all of which are worth careful scrutiny for the value they may have as relating to the clarification of Whitehead's thought as well as to the articulation or resolution of relevant philosophical issues.

This article examines Whitehead's theory of perception to indicate how this theory provides a philosophical reinterpretation for two issues of concern to feminists: criticism of cultural symbols, including language, and the importance of intuition and emotion, usually associated with women, in experience.

His five - point agenda for post-fundamentalist evangelicalism included: (1) clarification of the philosophical implications of biblical theism, (2) Christian engagement with the pressing social issues of the day as well as concern for individual salvation, (3) refusal to divide over secondary matters such as the details of biblical prophecy, (4) openness to the possibility of a biblically faithful ecumenicity, and (5) the development of a truly biblical theology that took into consideration the whole sweep of salvation history.

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.

She is confident that parents» concerns will outweigh philosophical issues.

In Danny's hospital room, weighty philosophical issues yield to more practical concerns, like getting a tray on rollers properly positioned over his lap.

This issue of Educational Leadership addresses many concerns educators have about teaching for meaning by providing both philosophical arguments and solid suggestions.

This peeve doesn't involve copyright issues or philosophical concerns (of course I don't want pirated books to abound on the Net, nor do I want paper books to disappear) but, rather, readability.

From 1961 to 1963, the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square South in Manhattan hosted the Hall of Issues, a weekly forum that enabled artists, writers, and passers - by to voice their concerns — be they social, political or philosophical — in the form of drawings and statements pinned to a display board.

But Mr. Lewitt is also interested in issues beyond the flow of electricity: the movement of global capital, political power and philosophical movements like phenomenology, which concerns how our consciousness of our bodies affects our experience of reality.

But Mr. Lewitt is also interested in issues beyond the flow of electricity: the movement of global capital, political power and philosophical movements like phenomenology, which concerns how our

The issue of fitness to plead in criminal trials raises interesting, indeed fundamental philosophical, questions concerning justice.

In addition to these more philosophical concerns, a culture of trust can pivot on concrete issues.