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Thought Quotes

Thought Quotes We have collected and put the best Quotes. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. May these Thought Quotes inspire you to never give up and keep working towards your goals. Who knows—success could be just around the corner....

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Outline Of Thought

Outline Of Thought The following outline of thought is provided as an overview of and topical guide to thought (thinking): Thought (also called thinking) is the mental process in which beings form psychological associations and models of the world. Thinking is manipulating information, as when we form concepts, engage in problem solving, reason and make decisions. Thought, the act of thinking,...

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Quotes About Knowledge

Quotes About Knowledge We have collected and put the best Quotes About Knowledge. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. May these Quotes About Knowledge inspires you to never give up and keep working towards your goals. Who knows—success...

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Personalism

Personalism Personalism is an intellectual stance that emphasizes the importance of human persons. Personalism exists in many different versions, and this makes it somewhat difficult to define it as a philosophical and theological movement. Friedrich Schleiermacher first used the term personalism (Personalismus) in print in 1799. One can trace the concept back to earlier thinkers in various...

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What Is Confucianism?

What Is Confucianism? Confucianism (儒家, rújiā, literally “The School of the Scholars“; or, less accurately, 孔教 kŏng jiào, “The Religion of Kong”) is an East Asian school of ethical, philosophical, and (more contentiously) religious thought originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese sage Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.E.). As a school of thought, it...

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Confucianism Explained

Confucianism Explained By Confucianism is meant the complex system of moral, social, political, and religious teaching built up by Confucius on the ancient Chinese traditions, and perpetuated as the State religion down to the present day. Confucianism aims at making not simply the man of virtue, but the man of...

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Progressive Confucianism

Progressive Confucianism Progressive Confucianism (进步儒学; jìn bù rú xué) is a term of philosophy coined by Stephen C. Angle in his book Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy: Toward Progressive Confucianism (2012). Progressive Confucianism refers to a contemporary approach of Confucianism that aims to promote individual and collective moral progress. It explores themes such as political authority and morality, the rule of...

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Ubuntu Philosophy

Ubuntu Philosophy This article covers Ubuntu philosophy. Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity“. It is sometimes translated as “I am because we are” (also “I am because you are”), or “humanity towards others” (Zulu umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu). In Xhosa, the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean...

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Outline Of Theology

Outline Of Theology The following outline of theology is provided as an overview and topical guide. Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities, seminaries, and schools of divinity. Theology Outline of theology History of theology The Theology...

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Science And Religion In A World Of Religious Pluralism

Science And Religion In A World Of Religious Pluralism This article covers Science and Religion in a World of Religious Pluralism. We live in a time of deep division: Will the coming years reveal an increasing number of partnerships between science and religion, or will we see a battle to...

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Religion And Science As One

Religion And Science As One In this article, The writer sees religion and science as one. “On some evenings we would attend faculty parties,” she said. “It was a heady atmosphere, as we spent time with the world’s intellectual elite. There were scientists of all stripes, mathematicians and physicists, some...

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Religion And Science-2

Religion And Science I The difficulty in approaching the question of the relation between Religion and Science is that its elucidation requires that we have in our minds some clear idea of what we mean by either of the terms, ‘religion‘ and ‘science.’ Also I wish to speak in the...

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Einstein As A Believer

Einstein As A Believer This article covers Einstein as a believer. American Physical Society devoted the year 2005 to Albert Einstein in honor of his discovery of the relativity theory in 1905. Many activities and essays are being prepared to recognize his major contributions to science. One aspect of Einstein...

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The Cosmos Perspectives From Science And Religion

The Cosmos Perspectives From Science And Religion This interview was conducted by Mustafa Tabanli with Rev. Dr. Polkinghorne for Ebru TV for the Emmy Award winning television series Matter and Beyond. These are the complementary stories of the cosmos perspectives from science and religion. Where do we come from, why...

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Are Religion And Science Compatible?

Are Religion And Science Compatible? This article covers the answer to the question: “Are Religion and Science Compatible?“ The heated debate about whether religion and science are complimentary or not has been raging for years. Several theologians, philosophers, and scientists have put forward different views on this subject. In this...

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Infallibility

Infallibility Infallibility refers to an inability to be wrong. It can be applied within a specific domain, or it can be used as a more general adjective. The term has significance in both epistemology and theology, and its meaning and significance in both fields is the subject of continued debate. In philosophy Main article: Infallibilism...

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The Existence Of God

The Existence Of God This article covers the existence of God in detail. Formal dogmatic Atheism is self-refuting, and has never won the reasoned assent of any considerable number of men. Nor can Polytheism ever satisfy the mind of a philosopher. But there are several varieties of what may be...

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Fatalism

Fatalism Fatalism is a family of related philosophical doctrines that stress the subjugation of all events or actions to fate or destiny, and is commonly associated with the consequent attitude of resignation in the face of future events which are thought to be inevitable. Definition The term “fatalism” can refer to any of the...

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Moral Responsibility

Moral Responsibility In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one’s moral obligations. Deciding what (if anything) counts as “morally obligatory” is a principal concern of ethics. Philosophers refer to people who have moral responsibility for an action as moral agents. Agents have the capability to reflect upon...

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Loyalty

Loyalty Loyalty, in general use, is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be the object of loyalty. The definition of loyalty in law and political science...