Sentences with phrase «pragmatism which»

The partnership brought together two parties with distinct constitutional philosophies, and entailed a trade - off between principle and pragmatism which saw the latter's electoral evisceration.

Left on our own, we are, in most ordinary matters, neither heroically righteous nor heroically evil nor even heroically ambiguous; we simply drift — from at least a theoretical belief in God's overriding sovereignty in our lives, to a working pragmatism which simply assumes that the little decisions are ours to make.

Not exact matches

In retrospect, Deng's pragmatism, which has guided the CCP's policy for most of the post-Mao era, has saved the one - party rule.

To the extent that we Americans can be said to have a philosophy, it is pragmatism, which is less a philosophy than a trick the devil uses to entice philosophy into killing itself.

As Schama notes, Rembrandt's move from Leiden to Amsterdam took him from a bastion of Reformed conservatism to a polyglot capital in which the Remonstrants dominated politics and mercantile pragmatism made it sensible to tolerate anyone who offered a good deal, whether Mennonite, Jew, millenarian or Calvinist — anyone, that is, except Roman Catholics, who were required to practice their faith in clandestine sanctuaries disguised within private homes.

One of these is historicism, «the view that all thought is essentially related to and can not transcend its own time» (p. 40) Another is pragmatism, fostered by John Dewey and others, which permits analysis of the present without regard to the past.

Here we find the crucial distinction between Buber's dialogical philosophy and pragmatism, which resembles it in a number of other ways.

Second, pragmatism, like all interest theories of ethics, has no way of escaping the subjectivism which grounds all value ultimately on subjective feeling, nor is this any less the case because of the objective methods that pragmatism supports for the judgment of whether our actions will in fact produce the values that we think they will.

For pragmatism it is ultimately anything which threatens subjective interest by creating deficiencies or preventing their being overcome.

But very early in the book the pattern which would continue to govern Wieman's appropriation of Whitehead's views is evident: Whitehead's philosophy, particularly his views published prior to Process and Reality, is transformed into American pragmatism.

As opposed to Novitas Mundi, now American pragmatism is the true prelude to the thinking now occurring for the first time, and most immediately so the uniquely American theology of the death of God, a theology which while voiding pragmatism is the last gasp of modernity, and it in these death throes that a final apocalyptic thinking is born.

But Kadushin broke with Kaplan over the very sort of naturalism that Kaufman so astutely sees as that which Kaplan's religious pragmatism and Whitehead's process theology have in common.

The utilitarianism of an individualistic period, which promised men that through faith they might gain the economic virtues and wealth, differs from the pragmatism of our social climate of opinion, in which religion is used as a means for gaining social order and prosperity; but they are both utilitarian and equally remote from the love of God for his own sake and of the individual or social neighbor in his relation to God.

Pragmatism, however, at least the pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s Pragmatism, however, at least the pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s and 1880s.

One way of acknowledging its revisability is to say that it can survive the critique laid for it by Wayne Proudfoot in his 1985 Religious Experience and, more importantly, by the postmodern culture for which Proudfoot speaks.13 If it ignores that kind of postmodern critique, I am suggesting, it will not deliver on the promise it has shown recently in the growth of The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, in the founding of The Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought, in the resurgence of Columbia and Yale forms of neonaturalism and pragmatism in the work of Robert Corrington and William Shea, 14 and in the American Academy of Religion Group on Empiricism in American Religious Thought — as well as in the growing independent scholarship of those working out of the empirical side of process theology and the Chicago school.

Both Marxism and pragmatism, along with more recent analytic philosophies of action, help to make sure that the other moment of action or praxis in the self's essential structure will be brought out no less effectively than the moment of existence or self - understanding on which existentialist philosophy so sharply focuses.

The political order becomes that to which all meaningful (i.e. public) arguments are referred, while religion becomes a domesticated amalgam of congregationalism, pietism, moralism, and pragmatism.

These ideas, in marked contrast to the whole of Christian experience, have most recently been embraced by the church growth industry, which, together with its basically sociological approach, promotes those quintessential American values of pragmatism and consumerism.

Russ: «a) in my ongoing conversation w / GOP (which you jumped into), the debate was over whether that was based on pragmatism or an underlying principle.

He did not want Absolute pragmatism to lapse into the usual caricature of idealism, which made ideas into nothing more than objects of idle contemplation; ideas always contain, at their core, an intention to act.

That requires two things which belied the «radical empiricism» James thought underlay all pragmatism.

This and similar definitions of «ethics» which leave the matter in the simple world of pragmatism and «science» (whatever she means by that) we still have language which can not automatically release us from the issue of eugenics.

Thus empirical process theology has consistently allied itself with pragmatism; truth has to do with the particular and the pragmatic, not with that which is general and supposedly necessary.

Thoughtful pragmatism have served him and the club well which is why many of us would like to see more of it, I guess.

But what captured their imagination then were Ali Shariati's inspirational writings, and Hassan Turabi's pragmatism, in particular his advocacy of democracy and women's rights, which appeared appropriate to the Tunisian context.

Seeking to move beyond the centrist pragmatism of both Blair and Cameron, and attempting to inject into politics a newfound passion and significance with which people can truly engage, this essential work speaks to the needs of diverse people and communities across the country.

While the governor is determined to embrace pragmatism and realpolitik, the mayor considers his office a perch upon which he can fight for what he believes in.

«As a general principle I'm a little disturbed with any political philosophy which puts ideology before pragmatism,» Rifkind says.

Her apparent straightforwardness — which disguised a sharp respect for political pragmatism — her genuine commitment to social justice and, above all, her demonstrated reliability to stick to the New Labour message in all circumstances, guaranteed her swift early promotion.

There is a pragmatism within the new parliamentary party but underlying that patience is a steely resolve to see a new relationship between Britain and the EU: one in which, as Mr Cameron said in his Mansion House speech, powers ebb back to Britain rather than flow away.»

In spite of (or perhaps because of) the challenging world in which we live, young scientists aspire to keep a healthy balance of idealism and pragmatism.

Also, she has a sense of openness and pragmatism, which would be crucial for pushing Arrangement Finders towards greater heights of profitability.

The best online dating sites in China (which I will discuss in Dating in China can be a bit different from dating in the West in terms of pragmatism, sex and the expectations of looking for marriage.

The sentimentality, of which there is plenty, is nicely balanced by a humor of ironic pragmatism, as when Ray, having built his baseball field as a monument to human dreams, decides to charge tourists $ 20 a head to visit it.

The film thus operates on two registers simultaneously, one of principled ideas and one of clear - eyed pragmatism, both of which the president appears to espouse.

It's also a movie in which a top - grade bunch of actors get stuck in with self - effacing pragmatism, not getting overpowered by the story but not trying to outshine it either.

Jaguar has also sold an XF wagon in other nations, most of which sensibly value pragmatism over mere image.

In aiming to combine vanity with pragmatism, Aujla uses materials that are made for utilitarian function but which also have aesthetic value.

Sottsass has designed an exhibition with the Design Museum London which explores a remarkable career that spans sixty years and moves from ceramics to mainframe computers and from poetry to pragmatism.

They seem under the influence of some kind of mass delusion which excludes reality and pragmatism, the longer they cling to to their faith the more foolish they are going to look when reality can no longer be denied.

I am really appreciates your efforts which you put in this blog about A Climate pragmatism project and the massive expansion of energy systems.

Hard to say — Obama prides himself on his pragmatism and respect for science, which would appear to tilt the scale in favor of cutting out the corn - based ethanol.

While this pragmatism is understandable, the risk is that we import an enforcement tool which is ill - suited to our criminal justice system.

He was recommended by the Legal 500 in relation to mergers & acquisitions and commercial contracts, in which sources described him as «a brilliant draftsman» and praised the «quality and pragmatism» of his advice.

Menon CJ and Loh J delivered a decision which was notable both for its robust dismissal of some of the academic arguments based on a close textual analysis of the applicable sub-clause and for its pragmatism in recognising the benefits of enhancing the enforcement of DABs.

This, of course, is a play on Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's famous quote during the Second World War, which, depending on one's view, was a clever expression of caution, flexibility, and pragmatism, or the worst example of doublespeak ever uttered by any Canadian politician.

The pragmatism of his advice and the speed with which he dispenses it make him an incredibly cost - effective option.»

You exhibit pragmatism, choosing a career which, at least when you signed up for school, offered a solid life plan for employment.