Reviewing the disastrous failure to protect witnesses in homicide cases, a major obstacle to successful convictions, she notes that "some cops, steeped in rightwing rhetoric about the 'nanny state', harboured deep philosophical objections to aiding witnesses with cash.
Whether Halevi's point, here, is to emphasize the importance of collective experience through time in deciding matters of correct behavior or to point out instead that the philosopher's general indifference to praxis beyond recommending prudent behavior as an aid to philosophical understanding borders on relativism is not clear; his purpose may be either or both.
These different letters are the bases of the latter philosophical work of Pulgar, Aid to Religion (Ezer Ha-Dat).
However, these manuscripts also provided Marcuse with the necessary theoretical tools needed for developing a critical, philosophical anthropology that would aid him in the development of his own brand of critical theory.
On the contrary, it is highly likely that he wanted all of his writings to be supplementary aids to philosophical conversation: in one of his works, he has Socrates warn his readers against relying solely on books, or taking them to be authoritative.
Thus he did far more than simply producing literal translations; he also initiated the creation of a cognate literature in Hebrew: philosophical reference works and study aids.
There is a prevalent notion, sometimes taken as the starting point for media coverage, that the Democratic and Republican Parties are engaged in a political and philosophical debate over whether to extend aid to American automakers.
By Steve Coll November 15, 2008 There is a prevalent notion, sometimes taken as the starting point for media coverage, that the Democratic and Republican Parties are engaged in a political and philosophical debate over whether to extend aid to American automakers.
Indeed, many works in the canon were consciously rhymed at times during their composition to aid memorization as a philosophical exercise (we will have more to say on this theme in §4.2).
A podcaster records something anything from music to philosophical ramblings, professional news or snorting noises into a computer with the aid of a microphone, then posts this audio file onto the internet.
