Sentences with phrase «social evolution which»

No such problem had in fact arisen in the stage of social evolution which had been reached in biblical times.

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It's hardly surprising, then, that it would eventually show up on the world's largest social network, which described it as an evolution of how people share their lives online.

But Christianity, which actually caused a progressive social evolution in this world, must be killed right away, so we can start creating our own little gods and «spiritual systems».

The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Insti - tute manifesto known as the Wedge Docu - ment, [1] which describes a broad social, political, and academic agenda whose ultimate goal is to defeat materialism, naturalism, evolution, and «reverse the stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.

Focusing on schizophrenia as a particular exemplar of this change, Luhrmann examines the evolution of psychiatry from psychoanalysis (mental illnesses are caused by emotional conflict) to a purely biomedical scheme (mental illnesses are caused by genes) to present theories, which incorporate both the biological and the social causes (and treatments) of mental illness.

The recent work of German sociologist Jurgen Habermas, in which questions about the formal characteristics of social systems in general and the dynamics of the lifeworld are the focus, exhibits a clear preference for deductive theory of a prescriptive sort.13 Habermas has drawn eclectically from modernization theory and Marxism to create what he calls a reconstructive model of cultural evolution.

In the beginnings of history it was the forces of nature which were first so reflected and which in the course of further evolution underwent the most manifold and varied personifications among the various peoples... But it is not long before, side by side with the forces of nature, social forces begin to be active — forces which confront man as equally alien and at first equally inexplicable, dominating him with the same apparent natural necessity as the forces of nature themselves.

If, as we have shown, the social phenomenon is not merely a blind determinism but the portent, the inception of a second phase of human Reflexion (this time not merely individual but collective), then it must mean that the phylum is reconstituting itself above our heads in a new form, a new ramification, no longer of divergence but of convergence; and consequently it is the Sense of Evolution which, suppressing the spirit of egoism, is of its own right springing to new life in our hearts, and in such a way as to counteract those elements in the forces of collectivization which are poisonous to Life.

In Asia, we saw the PP XXI (People's Power for the 21st Century), which brought together social action groups and popular movements from all over Asia and went through a similar evolution.

The final result was the rejection within mainstream culture of biblical literalism with its repudiation of history, geology, and the scientific method, and an acceptance of the contributions of science, of evolution and Freudian psychology, of a «higher criticism» of the Bible, of the move from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy and its need for high technology, and of a rearrangement of political views to accommodate social planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social Gsocial planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social GSocial Gospel.

The theory of evolution is considered too pervasive by the Catholic Church, which seems above all to beworried about the influence of «social Darwinism» and the evolutionist theories concerning economic matters and medical ethics.

But the decisive stages of this evolution are just those in which, beyond a new and purely «social» organization, there emerges the constitution of organisms that, on a higher level from that of the unities they have integrated, can again count as true unitary beings.

Evolution may have organized the universe, but our life is nothing but CHAOS, with NO guide line, NO purpose whatsoever, except the one that we give ourselves as members of a society, as we have to live together which is engraved in our nature, thus making us social animals, perhaps, and necessiciated for the continuity of the our species.

The only way they can hold the existing party together is to hope for an evolution in thought over the next 4 years, producing a more socially liberal base (possible... but won't happen quickly) or to have some other very large even occur which puts the dems in such a bad light as to lift the pressure (possible, but won't reverse the social trends).

I am a passionate Darwinian in explaining why we exist,... but if we lived our lives in a Darwinian way, that would be a very unpleasant society in which to live... One of the reasons for learning about Darwinian evolution is as an object lesson in how not to set up our values and our social lives».

JB: It is essential that I monitor the economic, social, demographic and political evolution of the countries in which we do business or the countries in which we would want to do business.

Cities on the Rise «Urbanized societies, in which a majority of the people live crowded together in towns and cities, represent a new and fundamental step in man's social evolution.

We'll also have information on intelligent design and why the science communities does not consider it to be a legitimate science and also information on the social Darwinist and evolution claims, which are also grossly overstated and erroneous.

«The results indicated that changes in social relationships are dependent not only on two individuals, but significantly on third parties, which underscores the importance of structural balance theory in explaining the evolution of complex natural social systems,» Ilany said, who was a doctoral student at Tel Aviv University when the research was begun.

But if you strip away all the paraphernalia then really what culture is about at its core is about innovations that are not encoded in the genome somehow and are passed on, not by genetic transmission, and are not sort of shaped by natural selection, which is the normal stuff of evolution; but it is transmitted socially through social learning.

Both studies support Charles Darwin's 19th - century theories on the evolution of emotion, which hypothesized that our expressions originated for sensory function rather than social communication.

But furthermore — and this is perhaps Darwin's greatest contribution — he developed a set of new principles that influence the thinking of every person: the living world, through evolution, can be explained without recourse to supernaturalism; essentialism or typology is invalid, and we must adopt population thinking, in which all individuals are unique (vital for education and the refutation of racism); natural selection, applied to social groups, is indeed sufficient to account for the origin and maintenance of altruistic ethical systems; cosmic teleology, an intrinsic process leading life automatically to ever greater perfection, is fallacious, with all seemingly teleological phenomena explicable by purely material processes; and determinism is thus repudiated, which places our fate squarely in our own evolved hands.

These findings raise questions about the evolution of our own cultural behavior and the extent to which chimpanzee and human cultures rely on the same social and cognitive processes.

Core NYCEP faculty at Columbia University are based in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B), which emphasizes a multi-disciplinary perspective on the earth's declining biodiversity, integrating understanding from relevant fields in biology with insights from relevant fields in the social sciences.

The way we think, talk, act, remember, believe and function within a social society are all heavily influenced by the secretion of hormones from glands in the brain and body, which have been designed and refined over the course of human evolution to kick in when we need them, and deliver the beneficial effects that we all know so well.

This has led to the evolution of social dating websites which let users spend the least time they can online and quickly move to an offline meet.

By far the best analysis I've seen of the recent evolution, present day, and future of book retailing, I'm adding it to my list of references in the next revision of McLuhan in an Age of Social Media, which should be up on Amazon in about eight or so hours.

«The results of this research suggest that wolves which produced childlike expressions may have been more tolerated by humans, and so modern dogs have inherited these features,» said lead author, Dr Bridget Waller, an expert in the evolution of social communication at the University of Portsmouth.

Millions of years ago, this area was inhabited by the mysterious Mayan civilization, which has definitely shaped its evolution: the ancient traditions have been maintained in gastronomy, social life and even in the locals» households.

With the announcement of the Hub, which will be released in the fall, and to reinforce their evolution into the ultimate social gaming platform on consoles, SCEA and Codename will work together to gather indie developers from around the world who can create games for Home on PlayStation 3.

This is probably alluding to the game's numerous social features, which was discussed in detail in our recent DriveClub interview with Evolution.

The photographs are displayed together with a text that explains the evolution of these tables, which do not have a specific name but can be found throughout Korea, and serve as an essential crucible for social interaction.

His evolution as a person has led to a transformation of his work which was previously centered around the notion of perfection, but nowadays reflects the social, political and cultural implications of life in modern society.

For example, the role of International partnership is presented by the case of Eyeworks + M1, two Los Angeles based eyeglass designers that, in order to produce their innovative glass frames, have found a small manufacturer in a Dolomites» village with which they developed their projects; the cross-breeding between social networks and craftsmanship is represented through the story of Formabilio that, starting from a web community, now produce furniture and home accessories conceived by young designers, realized by local manufactures and sold online; the evolution of traditional craft techniques to realize high - quality products is expressed by the case of Bonotto, that combines mechanical looms with advanced technology, bringing craft into an industrial factory to produce unique textiles for the most renowned and innovative fashion brands.

It is an interweaving of past and future histories that does not hold proof or speculation on species evolution, which neither distorts nor idealizes, but opens a path towards a reformulation of the social values that structure contemporary existence.

In addition to illuminating the evolution of his work, the photographs are also impressive documents of social history, which — even after five decades — have lost none of their immediacy and relevance.

The exhibition, which will now travel to Aspen, was restrained and ebullient, with selections from a few salient series tracing an evolution in his use of specific materials as hand - and - machine - tools, wood, bone, fabric, and hair in witty, emotional objects recalling old - timey toys, ritual charms and artifacts, totems of social experience, and items of ordinary household magic.

Intending to bring differing mediums and practicioners together on both a personal and social level, the exhibition includes Repertoire, a research area which studies the evolution of various disciplines over the course of 300 years.

The ways in which mating is accomplished, however, are incredibly variable; study of this variability by evolutionary biologists has greatly advanced our understanding of the evolution of behavior, social evolution, and traits such as number, size of young and patterns of investment in them.

I had a chance to speak with John Simpson, founder & CEO of One North Interactive, which recently announced the acquisition of the web assets of Thomson Reuters» Hubbard One, about the mission of One North Interactive, the evolution of law firm websites, interactive marketing trends, and how social media is reinventing how lawyers and their firms connect with audiences.

During the lecture she explored the theme of legal evolution and the manner in which Convention rights have been reinterpreted in order to reflect changing social mores.

In recent years, judicial decisions, social trends, policy agendas and economic upheaval have all contributed to the evolution of key principles of professional negligence law and the emergence of new themes and trends, which have been the subject of stimulating analysis and dispute.

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