Sentences with phrase «philosophical position in»

«My politics was of the more communitarian sort, and it was based on a sort of philosophical position in relation to the world rather than, even though I'd sort of toyed with Marxism, as everyone did at the time.

«The philosophy of organism aspires to construct a critique of pure feeling, in the philosophical position in which Kant put his Critique of Pure Reason» (PR 113 / 172f.).

Whitehead came to his mature philosophical position in Process and Reality after many years of wrestling with problems in the foundations of logic and mathematics.

Partly for this reason, some of his expressions of this preservation seem to suggest an element that the philosophical position in general does not clearly imply.

Not exact matches

I have attempted to show that Hartshorne overestimates the argumentative power of his rationalistic principles in the process of eliminating other philosophical positions, and that genuine empirical criteria are inevitable if metaphysics is going to be something more than pure speculation.

Unfortunately, though, with people being discouraged to pursue the liberal arts in the 21st century, openings for these positions are becoming few and far between, and people who have that philosophical blood running through their veins sometimes take on preacher positions as a way to make ends meat, which is wrong because it is the essence of living a lie.

I fully understand your vehemence to my position but my only real philosophical goal in this life is to believe what is true.

In the more purely philosophical sections of the book Whitehead repeats, supplements, and alters the position he stated in Science and the Modern WorlIn the more purely philosophical sections of the book Whitehead repeats, supplements, and alters the position he stated in Science and the Modern Worlin Science and the Modern World.

The particular position I have described would be a caricature of any major philosophical thinker, but it does point to a type of mentality that is not rare in our culture.

The philosophical problems in not assuming a «middle reality» like SP, cit or ishvara are: that the unity and transcendence of the Mystery or SB or sat can not be fully preserved; one will of necessity suppose that the Mystery, sat, or SB contains all the differentiation that one encounters in the universe — a position that would jeopardize the notion of absolute unity.

The role of the ontological argument in Hartshorne's philosophical theology should not be exaggerated by pointing to this argument as evidence of the anti-empirical character of Hartshorne's position, as a whole.

By analyzing the Marxist system, he offered the philosophical basis for his cautionary stance toward liberation theology - a position prefigured in his discussion of alienation in Anthropology in 7heological Perspective (Westminster, 1985).

Transubstantiation is a philosophical position for anyone who believes in Aristotelian metaphysics, and it's symbolic for everyone else.

If he has read that book, he knows that I have come to state my position in philosophical theology in terms of the doctrine of «dual transcendence.»

At least one of them, that suggested by Tillich, depends to a considerable degree upon the Tillichian «system» in which there is much talk about «existential» and «essential» manhood, not to mention the more general philosophical position which he adopts with its talk about «the ground of being», «the power of being», and «the new being in Christ» — the last of these constituting in fact what «restitution» is all about.

Ironically, it was a visit by Ramsey and his attendance of a lecture by the great intuitionist mathematician Brouwer that set Wittgenstein again to the task of philosophy.8 His Logical Investigations in which he established a new — how shall we say it — relational philosophy based on simple language games has become the primary reference of the contemporary philosophical position called language analysis and was a massive attack on Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus.

Whitehead reacted with moderation, care, and historical sensitivity to each, deriving something of importance from all five in constructing for himself a truly original philosophical position.

In culture wars, as in philosophical debate, words are often like towns along the battle front: they offer a strategic position and must be fought for and defended, and not relinquished as soon as the enemy advanceIn culture wars, as in philosophical debate, words are often like towns along the battle front: they offer a strategic position and must be fought for and defended, and not relinquished as soon as the enemy advancein philosophical debate, words are often like towns along the battle front: they offer a strategic position and must be fought for and defended, and not relinquished as soon as the enemy advances.

You adamantly refuse to recognise the historical fact that «scientific atheism» was both a foundational philosophical position and an actual policy of the Soviet Union and other atheist states from the time of Lenin on, and responsible for massive persecution, torture, suffering, humiliation and death far in excess of the numbers of the «victims» of Christianity - So now the history that isn't in your book is factual?

For those interested in where I'm coming from from a philosophical standpoint, I've found some Wikipedia articles that, at first glance, anyway, describe my position.

«No one has ever touched Zeno without refuting him,» he writes in a short essay commenting on the fundamental line of thought in his chief philosophical work, Process and Reality.16 In the same essay he explicitly distinguishes his theory from two other opposed positions: on the one hand from the view that interprets the character of becoming as illusory and becoming itself as simply empty and nonexistent in comparison with beings and their beinin a short essay commenting on the fundamental line of thought in his chief philosophical work, Process and Reality.16 In the same essay he explicitly distinguishes his theory from two other opposed positions: on the one hand from the view that interprets the character of becoming as illusory and becoming itself as simply empty and nonexistent in comparison with beings and their beinin his chief philosophical work, Process and Reality.16 In the same essay he explicitly distinguishes his theory from two other opposed positions: on the one hand from the view that interprets the character of becoming as illusory and becoming itself as simply empty and nonexistent in comparison with beings and their beinIn the same essay he explicitly distinguishes his theory from two other opposed positions: on the one hand from the view that interprets the character of becoming as illusory and becoming itself as simply empty and nonexistent in comparison with beings and their beinin comparison with beings and their being.

«Spirit» occupies the central position in Hegel's thought; it is that «ultimate principle» which, as Whitehead suggests (PR 10), is present in any philosophical system and is actual by virtue of its accidents.

In a sense every new philosophical position requires a reinterpretation of history.

Were it otherwise, then virtually every philosophical position developed in Western Europe and America at least since the mid-nineteenth century would qualify as some sort of evolutionary cosmology and, by implication, as a «process» philosophy as well.

In particular, let us consider some issues regarding how this philosophical approach is positioned on the philosophical stage.

And in the setting of this perspective, students and devotees of process philosophy alike have viewed this philosophical approach as positioned squarely on the Continental side of the divide.

In the discussion that follows, one work by each writer is assumed to embody his respective position: Blackmur's Form and Value in Modern Poetry (FVMP), Sartre's Literary and Philosophical Essays (LPE), Brooks's The Well - Wrought Urn (WWU), and Whitehead's Adventures of Ideas (AIIn the discussion that follows, one work by each writer is assumed to embody his respective position: Blackmur's Form and Value in Modern Poetry (FVMP), Sartre's Literary and Philosophical Essays (LPE), Brooks's The Well - Wrought Urn (WWU), and Whitehead's Adventures of Ideas (AIin Modern Poetry (FVMP), Sartre's Literary and Philosophical Essays (LPE), Brooks's The Well - Wrought Urn (WWU), and Whitehead's Adventures of Ideas (AI).

If it is unintelligible (as Griffin and Hartshorne insist that it is), this will not count as a criticism of what Griffin calls «traditional theodicy,» nor will it have any real bearing on the adequacy of various positions taken in the contemporary, philosophical literature on the problem of evil.

Carl Scott has rather bluntly probed the soft underbelly of the FPR position, though we should keep in mind that all philosophical positions have certain intrinsic weaknesses and not make too much of Carl's successes while acknowledging that he has drawn blood.

Charles Hartshorne has written extensively about the merits of this philosophical position, and a loose adaptation of his ideas on its advantages may be set forth in the following short list: 17

I stated this emphatically in the first paper in which I indicated my philosophical position, a review (1921) of a book by C. M. Child on The Origin and Development of the Nervous System:

However, being made in the image of God, the theist does not have to «take a leap of faith» or borrow from the athests philosophical position to make their point.

This essay evaluates Henry Duméry's position (Critique et Religion; Philosophie de la Religion; Le Problème de Dieu) in which an attempt is made to bring to the phenomenolgy of religions the philosophical justification which it lacked.

However, as I showed in Evil Revisited (90 - 94), this argument relies on principles drawn from the philosophical theology of F R. Tennant, whose position on the God - world relation is essentially the same as Whitehead's.

In times when other forces determine the interpretations of events, nature, human life and what have you, more than religious ones do, it is, in my view, a temptation to find philosophical, theological and ethical positions that can disengage Christians from intentional interactions with alternativeIn times when other forces determine the interpretations of events, nature, human life and what have you, more than religious ones do, it is, in my view, a temptation to find philosophical, theological and ethical positions that can disengage Christians from intentional interactions with alternativein my view, a temptation to find philosophical, theological and ethical positions that can disengage Christians from intentional interactions with alternatives.

In 1994, I sent Hartshorne a draft of my Introduction to Philosophy text, Change and the Unsurpassable, which evaluates philosophical issues from a process position but also contains material on prepatriarchal worldviews and uses gender - neutral expressions.

In short, the ontological argument can be made to stand as a touchstone for philosophical positions; what does the verdict of a given philosophy on the argument tell us about the assumptions and the viability of that philosophy itself?

Even though the two positions are not in direct conflict, they support different philosophical styles.

Hence, the arguments for the existence of a personal God developed in two recent books by Personalist philosophers will be used as illustrating the kind of philosophical thinking that can support DeWolf's position.

«I have grave philosophical differences with the positions that Donald Trump laid out in the campaign,» Cuomo.

What's refreshing about Bhansali and Umunna is that both have a clear, coherent philosophical position, and neither shy away from stating it for fear of being put in a box.

«The decision represents an important recognition that a lack of religious belief is in itself a thoughtful and seriously - held philosophical position.»

FOOLS THE EYE The position of Nova Vul (red circle) within the swan constellation was charted in the journal Philosophical Transactions in 1670.

Gordon then considers the second part of the question: «One significant test of the Heisenberg principle can be thought of in philosophical terms: Let's say we could measure both the position and velocity of every sub-atomic particle with infinite accuracy.

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

Still, the philosophical positioning of Cap in relation to Tony feels a bit «take our word for it.»

From the country's philosophical position on high - stakes testing, to the methods of efficiently implementing policies, Ng answered questions about the thought process behind education reform in Singapore over the previous decades, and the secrets to its success.

«Electric Ladyland» also befits Van Kerckhoven's background as a trained graphic artist who since 1981 has been both an active member of Antwerp's experimental - music scene and someone who has long embraced an array of visual languages in the studio to explore various polemical, philosophical positions.

Occupying an important position in contemporary art practice, Lutz Bacher's oeuvre is an enigmatic and eclectic mixture of ideas, full of personal and philosophical significance and frequently driven by tactical humor.

In the theoretical field, Bruno Latour calls for a «parliament of things», while a recent philosophical movement, «Speculative realism», criticizes anthropocentrism and the notion of «human finitude» so present in western thought: for those philosophers, thinking and being are not correlated, and the human individual does not have any preeminent position in the access to beinIn the theoretical field, Bruno Latour calls for a «parliament of things», while a recent philosophical movement, «Speculative realism», criticizes anthropocentrism and the notion of «human finitude» so present in western thought: for those philosophers, thinking and being are not correlated, and the human individual does not have any preeminent position in the access to beinin western thought: for those philosophers, thinking and being are not correlated, and the human individual does not have any preeminent position in the access to beinin the access to being.