Sentences with phrase «practical uses of reason»

Hall finds support for his claim that theoria and technological practice, contemplative knowledge and action as the quest for greatness, should be sharply distinguished and separated, in Whitehead's distinction (in The Function of Reason) between the speculative and practical uses of reason, the reason of Plato and the reason of Ulysses (UP 231; cf. FR Chapter 2).

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But, even in the fundamental thinkers of high modernity, hints can be found that knowledge requires God: Descartes uses God in the Meditations in order to escape from the interiority where the cogito has stranded him; Kant uses God as a postulate of pure practical reason in order to hold on to the possibility of morality.

In our materialistic times, man is identified as homo faber — which means that it is his use of tools, his utilization of wood and stone, that differentiates him from the animals; that it is his practical reason, his doing, that marks him as man.

Although Thomas Groome in his widely celebrated Christian Religious Education (Harper & Row, 1980) does not actually use the term, he does in fact present a powerful practical theology of Christian education that constitutes the major reason for the book's success.

That goal is the expression, on the level of duty, of the demand, the claim — the Verlangen — which constitutes pure reason in its speculative and practical use; reason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of Practical Rereason in its speculative and practical use; reason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of Practicalpractical use; reason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of Practical Rereason «demands the absolute totality of conditions for a given conditioned thing» (beginning of the Dialectic of the Critique of PracticalPractical ReasonReason).

Taking a page out of the First Things playbook, Jackson urges Muslim Americans to «articulate the practical benefits of the rules of Islamic law in terms that gain them recognition by society at large,» something that can be done by drawing on the Islamic tradition of practical reasoning that has family resemblances to the Catholic use of natural law and Protestant analysis of «common grace.»

But the perception of relevance — and thus the efficacious use of practical reason — require a firm grounding in the past and the secure possession of the capacities and skills just referred to which are nurtured by the traditional school curriculum.

There are many practical reasons to continue using plastic bottles, but I'd recommend adding in a set of these glass bottles and seeing how it goes.

In many cases there is simply no alternative for businesses than to use their own transport, either because of lack of public transport or for strictly practical reasons, such as carrying tools and equipment.

The poop and pee of the (human) Martian will also have to be used to fertilise the soil, but for practical and safety reasons we are presently using pig slurry.

Many parents let children use their devices for practical reasons; 73 % of parents in the survey said they let their kids play with mobile devices while they were doing household chores, and 65 % did so while running errand.

«She did a very systematic and well - reasoned study about quite a practical matter,» says Lecturer Stone Wiske, Ed.D.» 83, Greenhow's thesis advisor who has studied the use of technology in schools.

Since 2009, the institutes, framed by the five goals for students of becoming mathematical problem solvers, communicating mathematically, reasoning mathematically, making mathematical connections, and using mathematical representations to model and interpret practical situations, have:

A discussion of the possible reasons for this difference, practical implications of study and using WebQuests in the classroom, and directions for future research are included.

The content of the mathematics standards supports the following five goals for students: becoming mathematical problem solvers, communicating mathematically, reasoning mathematically, making mathematical connections and using mathematical representations to model and interpret practical situations.

While using shoals of robotic fish for pollution detection in harbours might appear like something straight out of science fiction, there are very practical reasons for choosing this form.

This agency reasons that the idea of hemp being used for so many practical applications sends a contrary message to youth at a time when the ONDCP is campaigning on the evils of marijuana.

Simultaneously you will demonstrate effective attorney skills that include: preparation, analysis and reasoning, creativity, problem solving, practical judgment, research, questioning and interviewing, listening, influencing and advocating, organizing and managing your work, seeing the world through others» eyes, and using effective methods of oral and written communication.

If therefore the student in our laws hath formed both his sentiments and style, by perusal and imitation of the purest classical writers, among whom the historians and orators will best deserve his regard; if he can reason with precision, and separate argument from fallacy, by the clear simple rules of pure unsophisticated logic; if he can fix his attention, and steadily pursue truth through any the most intricate deduction, by the use of mathematical demonstrations; if he has enlarged his conceptions of nature and art, by a view of the several branches of genuine, experimental, philosophy; if he has impressed on his mind the sound maxims of the law of nature, the best and most authentic foundation of human laws; if, lastly, he has contemplated those maxims reduced to a practical system in the laws of imperial Rome; if he has done this, or any part of it, (though all may be easily done under as able instructors as ever graced any feats of learning) a student thus qualified may enter upon the study of the law with incredible advantage and reputation.

Following the publication last week of the Chilcott report which advocated the use of intercept evidence in court, the CBA says that although broadly supportive of the scheme, «the practical way in which this may be effected requires extensive further work and until such details are known it is difficult to comment conclusively» but that «there seems to us to be no reason in principle why such material, with the potential to be highly probative, should be the subject of a blanket bar on its use».

Then Judge Alsup could still «acquit» (not in a legal, but practical sense) Google by holding there was no objective willfulness as Google had, in his opinion (contrary to that of the higher courts), good reasons for believing it was in its right to use the material at issue.

I value Nick's practical perspectives for two reasons: [1] they are grounded in his astute observations based on decades of hands - on experience of working in and with law firms, and [2] in using How in the subtitle for Remaking Law Firms: Why & How, Imme Kaschner and I focused on the practicalities of what needs to change in the BigLaw business model.

Simultaneously you will demonstrate effective attor - ney skills that include: prepa - ration, analysis and reasoning, creativity, problem solving, practical judgment, research, questioning and interview - ing, listening, influencing and advocating, organizing and managing your work, see - ing the world through oth - ers» eyes, and using effective methods of oral and written communication.

Knowing how much it costs a device to be built is ultimately not really of practical use to consumers, but it's an interesting metric for many reasons.

The guideline, designated ASIS GDL PBS - 2009, is an educational and practical tool that organizations can use as a resource in understanding the reasons for preemployment background screening of job applicants, as well as the legal principles surrounding the issue of preemployment background screening.

9 Mass plantings «We use lots of mass plantings,» says Tumber, for visual impact and for practical reasons too.

But while 78 % of 18 to 24 - year - olds say it's where they unwind, over half (56 %) of over 65s use the bathroom for practical reasons only.