Sentences with phrase «though most philosophers»

It is perhaps interesting to note that the term «being» is actually a form of the verb, even though most philosophers use it as a substantive noun.

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He considers it entirely appropriate for biologists to be concerned not only with how biological traits came about but also with what specific organic features are for, even though most scientists and philosophers of science place questions of purpose outside the realm of research.

The fact that science has now destroyed the Newtonian framework (so far as relevant to the issue we are discussing) seems not to have been properly grasped by most philosophers, though Whitehead (1926) has spelled out the story with great power.