Author: Jude P. Dougherty
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813218225
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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In Western Creed, Western Identity, Jude P. Dougherty investigates the classical roots of Western culture and its religious sources in an effort to define its underlying intellectual and spiritual commitments.
Author: Jude P. Dougherty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813209746
Category : Christianity and law
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Dougherty investigates the classical roots of Western culture and its religious sources in an effort to define its underlying intellectual and spiritual commitments.
Author: Richard J. Rolwing
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462809731
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 765
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365 essays, each about 365 words, on Uncle Sam´s birthright, genealogy, and orientation, the U.S. Constitution´s philosophical and historical presuppositions and implications, or Philosophy for Dummies.
Author: Paolo C. Biondi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110369117
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Induction, which involves a leap from the particular to the universal, has always been a puzzling phenomenon for those attempting to investigate the origins of knowledge. Although traditionally accepted as the engine of first principles, the authority of inductive reasoning has been undermined in the modern age by empiricist criticisms that derive notably from Hume, who insisted that induction is an invalid line of reasoning that ends in unreliable future predictions. The present volume challenges this Humean orthodoxy. It begins with a thorough consideration of Hume’s original position and continues with a series of state-of-the-art essays that critique the received view while offering positive alternatives. The experts assembled here draw on a perennial historical tradition that stretches as far back as Socrates and extends through such luminaries as Aristotle, Aquinas, Whewell, Goethe, Lonergan, and Rescher. They inquire into the creative moment of intellectual insight that makes induction possible, consider relevant episodes from the history of science, advance scholarly exegeses of historical interpretations of inductive reasoning, and reflect critically on the scientific and logical ramifications of epistemological and metaphysical realism.
Author: Viatcheslav Morozov
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317154053
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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We live in a world where democracy is almost universally accepted as the only legitimate form of government but what makes a society democratic remains far from clear. Liberal democratic values are both relativized by the self-description of many non-democratic regimes as 'local' or 'culturally specific' versions of democracy, and undermined by the automatic labelling as 'democratic' of all norms and institutions that are modelled on western states. Decentring the West: The Idea of Democracy and the Struggle for Hegemony aims to demonstrate the urgent need to revisit the foundations of the global democratic consensus. By examining the views of democracy that exist in the countries on the semi-periphery of the world system such as Russia, Turkey, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil and China, as well as within the core (Estonia, Denmark and Sweden) the authors emphasize the truly universal significance of democracy, also showing the value of approaching this universality in a critical manner, as a consequence of the hegemonic position of the West in global politics. By juxtaposing, critically re-evaluating and combining poststructuralist hegemony theory and postcolonial studies this book demonstrates a new way to think about democracy as a truly international phenomenon. It thus contributes groundbreaking, thought-provoking insights to the conceptual and normative aspects of this vital debate.
Author: Craig Steven Titus
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 9780977310333
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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"On Wings of Faith and Reason provides reasons for a unified vision of truth, while giving examples of the roles that faith and reason play in scientific activities and cultural expressions. Contributing authors from the fields of medicine, ethics, philosophy, and theology argue that Christianity makes a difference, not only in providing an understanding of the ultimate origin and end of the human person, but in contributing to practical applications. Christianity offers assurance about the course of scientific and cultural inquiry, while encouraging creative expression and personal excellence in its execution." --Book Jacket.
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1896
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Author: Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Author: Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 157910665X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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Author: Joseph Henry Allen
Publisher:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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