Sentence examples for mainstream philosophy from inspiring English sources

Her pamphlet "Mr. Truman's Degree" — a readable, powerful antiwar tract — helped introduce Catholic theories of just and unjust war to mainstream philosophy.

During the 20th century philosophical interests were secularized, with the consequence that the strong link between mainstream philosophy and the discussion of religious questions was weakened.

Even as our human usage of animals gains more scientific credence, within mainstream philosophy, our psychological and emotional dependence upon them remains "ghettoized" along with feminism.

"Although some of Churchland's views have taken root in mainstream philosophy, she is not part of it," Ned Block, a philosopher at New York University, wrote in a review of one of her books.

Another factor is the comparative clarity, precision, and translatability, of writing in mainstream philosophy of science.

And mainstream philosophy of religion until recently has had a hard time with feminist scholarship.

It's the essence of modern American architecture, landscape, transportation, communications, and mainstream political philosophy.

The philosopher Peter Goldie, who has died of cancer aged 64, helped bring the subject of emotions into mainstream western philosophy.

Vocabulary: federal, nominee, post, opponent, provoke, denunciation, blunt, ideology, counsel, mainstream, competence, philosophy, precedent, restraint, extract, moderate, dissent, unconscionable, activism, engender, spectrum Extension Activities: 1. Conduct a debate about the appointment of Supreme Court justices for lifelong terms.

When in midlife Levinas steeped himself in Jewish learning, he was both probing the meaning of Jewish identity in the Galut (Hebrew: "Exile"), or Jewish Diaspora, and searching for remedies for the ostensible deficiencies of mainstream Western philosophy, with its orientation toward theoretical reason and absolute certainty.

In mainstream Arabic philosophy, the Metaphysics represented for centuries the centerpiece of the corresponding discipline.