Sentences with phrase «theory as presented»

The first was classic psychoanalytic theory as presented by Freud which formed the core theoretical background in Bowlby's psychiatry and child development training.

Economic theory as presented by the Austrian school could helpful in suggesting general paths for policy — but unfortunately would be totally out of the whelm of the current economic thought of looking first at heavy goverment involvement.

The film does not deal with the questions about the validity of evolutionary theory as presented by Darwin.

In the first instance, it can function as a stimulus for internal integration of the theory as presented in Process and Reality.

Not exact matches

As part of our continuing series of commentaries celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mel Watkins» classic article, «A Staple Theory of Economic Growth,» we present the following commentary by Marc Lee, economist with the B.C. office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Marc considers the implications — both economic and environmental — of the current -LSB-...]

If ID were presented as a scientific theory and as such had scientific evidence, then I have no choice to be to accept it (regardless of my beliefs, again).

The future, on a simple B - theory of time, is as real as the present.

The basis of the theory of evolution is as follows: if all of the materials to form a protein (the most basic component of DNA) are present in the environment, they will bond together to form a protein.

Creationism / ID do not present any testable hypotheses, all they do is try to poke spurious holes in the theory of evolution (which itself has evolved and continues to evolve, as many good theories do).

Contending that the empire option dramatically compromises the gospel vision of peace, Nelson - Pallmeyer jettisons just - war theory and advocates reclaiming Jesus» radical model of nonviolence, He challenges Christians to reject militarism and those aspects of their religious tradition that encourage or endorse violence, and he presents nonviolent alternatives that refuse to sanction violence as part of Cod's providential care of the world.

The only answer which is plausible can be given by the biological theory of knowledge: in the same way as our perception carves Out of the whole physical reality only that zone which has practical importance for our organism, only those recollections which are relevant to our present situation are transmitted into our present moment.

«Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Silurian age to the present day; and that during these vast, yet quite unknown, periods of time, the world swarmed with living creatures.

For the present I regard such inquiries as an intellectual luxury, despite my own first love for them and my conviction that somehow theories of knowledge and abstract models of God are relevant to life.

HASA if u r so sure about what we don't know but yet find the parts that we know as something to pick and choose from then how different are u from the Copernicus affair Pope who excommunicated him for presenting a theory now proven.

The factors of chief importance in the development of this theology were: (a) the Old Testament — and Judaism --(b) the tradition of religious thought in the Hellenistic world, (c) the earliest Christian experience of Christ and conviction about his person, mission, and nature — this soon became the tradition of the faith or the «true doctrine» — and (d) the living, continuous, ongoing experience of Christ — only in theory to be distinguished from the preceding — in worship, in preaching, in teaching, in open proclamation and confession, as the manifestation of the present Spiritual Christ within his church.

A little knowledge of philosophy is also of help, particularly as Descartes» theories are presented as throwing doubt on the nature of human identity.

The U.S. News & World Report article also presents some theories as to why young evangelicals are drawn to tradition.

Should intelligent design be presented as a plausible theory in secular classrooms?

While some denominational leaders will continue to present a hyper - literal interpretation of Genesis 1 as non-negotiable Christian truth, organizations like The Biologos Forum will pick up steam as thoughtful, earnest Christians try to reconcile their faith with Darwin's theory of evolution.

Some scientists have so struggled with the extreme improbability of the conditions for life resulting from randomness that they go so far as to dream up theories of parallel universes to explain the problems presented by simple math on the likelihood of random chance.

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 present theory involves the idea of reference to something else, such as a piece of apparatus, and that to something else, etc., and finally to the consciousness of some observer.

Shalom's argument against the former relies on Grice's notion of «present total temporary states,» Shalom totally includes memory as an element in a «present total temporary state» and within this context charges that «what is called «memory» necessarily ceases to possess the property of «pastness» which is associated with memory» and required by Hartshorne's theory.

The Big Bang Theory, as presented by scientists, does not give a rational or even suggested answer to how the universe began.

Evangelizing tended to be defined in theory as dealing with nonbelievers, but in actual practice to be associated with a special kind of worship context to which the nonbeliever must conform if he was present at all.

Jamming unproven theory down our kids throats in a manner where it is almost always presented as a hard - core incontrovertible fact is the real shame.

As modern science advanced, it presented theories differing from traditional ones derived from the Bible and from the Greeks.

Creationism and so - called «Intelligent Design» are not in any way scientific theories, and thus when they are presented as such, deserve every bit of the criticism they receive.

Standpoints, as Cobb conceives them, are what are so involved, and hence Cobb must present and defend a theory of «standpoint inclusion.»

I. Introduction The present paper promotes a basic thesis: Locke, as he presents his main epistemological theory in his celebrated An Essay on Human Understanding, is transformed into a metaphysician by Whitehead in his Process and Reality.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

It aims at interpreting religious ideas, acts, and institutions «as they present themselves,» giving due consideration of their «intention» and apart from any preconceived philosophical, theological, metaphysical, or psychological theory.

Jacobsen packs a tremendous amount of theology and age - old questions in there, I particularly benefitted from the discussions about what really happened on the Cross, as it presents an alternative to the oft - memorized penal substituionary (Google doesn't think that is a word apparently...) atonement theories.

In sum, because it treats belief as an atomistic decision taken piecemeal by individuals rather than a holistic response to family life, Nietzsche's madman and his offspring, secularization theory, appear to present an incomplete version of how some considerable portion of human beings actually come to think and behave about things religious — not one by one and all on their own, but rather mediated through the elemental connections of husband, wife, child, aunt, great - grandfather, and the rest.

Because of the presupposition present in evolutionary theory, Whitehead used consciousness as the touchstone of human experience.

Economic theory was affected by the great scientific discoveries in physics, biology and psychology, and economic laws were presented with the same authority as laws of nature.

The development of such a comprehensive view has long been a need, for it has become clearer and clearer as we have become familiar and involved with a constantly widening horizon of different musical aims and practices, that the old «common practice» theories of harmony and counterpoint could no longer be overhauled or extended, but had by necessity to be replaced by a way of description and analysis that treated the «common practice» of Western music from the late seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth centuries as only one instance of a much wider musical method and practice that could be applied to all of Western music, from its origins to the present, as well as to music of other cultures.»

Not as a matter of theory only but of practical application, this hope is what our present distraught, endangered, and morally unstable world needs most.

Cobb's theory of incarnation is complex, and perhaps best understood by considering it in a simpler version, as presented in chapter 6 of Process Theology, An Introductory Exposition.

Let it be acknowledged then that Josephus is not a first - class historian; but the failure to recognize the validity of his facts, especially in that part of his work which lay largely within his own experience and recollection, and the truth of his interpretations, as far as they go — he is never exhaustive — is surely responsible for the neglect of his writings by too many interpreters of the New Testament at the present time, and for the rise of theories which leave not only Josephus but likewise the New Testament out of the reckoning.

This book presented a non-violent reading of Scripture in light of Girard's mimetic theory, but more than anything, this book was a defense of how the Catholic Mass could still be practiced and not be viewed as a perpetual sacrifice.

Hermeneutics is being defined as «the art of interpretation and application of texts, symbols and practices in the present and from the past, and the theory about the methods of such interpretation and application» (para. 5).

[1][2] It is a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, presented by its advocates as «an evidence - based scientific theory about life's origins» rather than «a religious - based idea».

Neo-Darwinism's proponents do not present it as a mere description of life's journey on this planet; they claim that it is a theory explaining that journey.

But since the theory is presented authoritatively rather than as a tentative system of hypotheses, «theory» seems too weak, and «ideology,» better.

Whitehead provides a complex theory of intrinsic value in Adventures of Ideas, but for present purposes we can single out his term, «strength of beauty,» as the criterion.

Scientific method can verify only those hypotheses for which there is a sufficient amount of data available from the records left by the past (such as fossils in evolutionary theory) or observable in the present.

But one thing is certain, and it appears to me that its recognition in theory, and acceptance in practice, must be the sine qua non of any valid discussion and effective action affecting the political, economic and moral ordering of the present world: this is that nothing, absolutely nothing — we may as well make up our minds to it — can arrest the progress of social Man towards ever greater interdependence and cohesion.

The rest results from the failure to develop a general theory of immanence whereby one actuality could be recognized as being present objectively within the experience of another without thereby destroying its integrity as a distinct individual actuality.6 In contrast to Aristotle's dictum that one substance (i.e., actuality) can not be in another, Whitehead's philosophy is designed to show how this may be so.

3At present, for example, the well - entrenched neo-Darwinian hypothesis of «gradualism» (biological evolution occurs slowly, and more or less continuously as the constant interplay of random variations and natural selection over vast periods of time) is confronted with a somewhat more radical and neo-Lamarckian theory of «punctuated equilibrium» favored by Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Williamson, collaborated by fossil discoveries of paleontologist and cultural anthropologist Richard Leakey in Africa.