The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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Page 119
... nature and function are comprehended by our basic explana- tory categories . As a protest against what Professor Whitehead has called " paying metaphysical compliments to God " , such a natural theology has much to commend it . Nothing ...
... nature and function are comprehended by our basic explana- tory categories . As a protest against what Professor Whitehead has called " paying metaphysical compliments to God " , such a natural theology has much to commend it . Nothing ...
Page 120
... natural and revealed , to the constitution and course of nature ; how both can be said to exemplify the same principles and point the same morals , and how belief in both can therefore be reasonably entertained on grounds of a similar ...
... natural and revealed , to the constitution and course of nature ; how both can be said to exemplify the same principles and point the same morals , and how belief in both can therefore be reasonably entertained on grounds of a similar ...
Page 185
... nature and in human society , so that the former can provide analogues for the latter . This assumption rests on a conception of nature as an economy of beings all in process of seeking their proper ends in concourse with one another ...
... nature and in human society , so that the former can provide analogues for the latter . This assumption rests on a conception of nature as an economy of beings all in process of seeking their proper ends in concourse with one another ...
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A. N. WHITEHEAD absolute abstract awareness becomes called Cassirer categorical proposition character claim co-ordinated coherence concepts concerned concrete universal conscious constructions Cosmological Argument depends Descartes described developed distinction drawn elements empirical ence existence express fact faith forms of thought function Gestalt Gestalt theory Hegel Hence human idealism idealist ideas intellectual interpretation intrinsic nature judgments of importance kind knowledge logical mathematical matter mean merely metaphysical analogies metaphysical theory mind mode models naïve realism natural theology neo-orthodox notion objects organism pattern percipient activity perspective phenomenal phenomenalist philosophy physical feelings physiological possible prehension presuppositions principle Professor Professor Price propositions question realissimum reality relation relationship religion religious symbolism response revelation scientific scientific models seek sensations sense data sense perception sensory significant spirit structure suggest symbolic forms theologian things Thomist Thomist philosophy tion total assertion tradition transcendent truth universe Whitehead whole word