Sentence examples for philosophical acumen from inspiring English sources

Chisholm was typical of the best philosophers of his day and ours in his combination of philosophical acumen and rhetorical skill.

He brought to his interpretation not only his philosophical acumen but also memories that reached back decades to the signs of inquieta adulescentia that made his father babble excitedly to his wife about grandchildren.

Russell demonstrates his philosophical acumen by making the attempt.

It is evident from the correspondence that Elisabeth has a remarkable and wide-ranging critical philosophical acumen.

Reviews of The World and the Individual praised Royce's philosophical acumen but raised significant objections to his conclusions.

The level of scholarship and philosophical acumen on display at these two events was very high and augurs well for the future.

Zhu Xi, the preeminent Neo-Confucian (daoxue) master of the Southern Song (1126 1271), is generally ranked as second only to Confucius (551 479 BCE) in influence and as rivaling Zhuangzi (fourth century BCE) in philosophic acumen in the Chinese philosophical tradition.

Soon, Schlick was presented with an opportunity to display his scientific acumen, by explaining the philosophical import of Special Relativity.

Her latest book, "Absence of Mind," reviewed in this week's magazine, is a collection of lectures on science and religion that "makes canny use of Robinson's genre-bending acumen, sleekly harmonizing the forms of philosophical disquisition, caustic polemic, and becalming sermon".

He continued: "Almost single-handed, by force of cultural-political vision and technical acumen, the publishing firm of Suhrkamp has created a modern philosophical canon.

The boy who couldn't get into high school now speaks four or five languages, publishes in the Guardian and the New York Times, speaks at Yale, and last year disarmed an audience of literati at the New York Public Library with a philosophical riff on the beauty of aged-in-the-ground carrots, not to mention a biochemical acumen that many scientists, and most other chefs, would envy.