philosophical reflection
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philosophical
adjective
uk/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑː.fɪ.kəl/
relating to the study or writing ...
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reflection
noun
uk/rɪˈflek.ʃən/us/rɪˈflek.ʃən/
the image of something in a mirror or on any ...
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In deconstructing the cult of immanence and empirical positivism inphilosophicalreflection, he advocates thinking a phenomenon both from within and from outside it.
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Centuries ofphilosophicalreflectionand institutional innovation have settled many important questions about the stance a liberal state ought to take toward religion.
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The rich man lacks the fulfillment that comes from sustainedphilosophicalreflection.
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The re-presenting of basis phenomena will, therefore, eventually occur with a dynamics that immediately leads tophilosophicalreflection.
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This implies that we must not leave metaphysical presuppositions unchallenged in practice unlessphilosophicalreflectionconvinces us that the presuppositions in question are actually justified.
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Several centuries ofphilosophicalreflectionhave consolidated, and in turn gained authority from, this imaginary project.
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Although some essays press for insights into the ethnographic present - or recent past - as history and politics, the emphasis falls more on elaborate exegesis, theoretical positioning, andphilosophicalreflection.
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Rather than an object forphilosophicalreflection, the art of public speech becomes part of what may be called a "ritual" knowledge or "know-how" (techne/ars).
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This mode ofphilosophicalreflectioncan be compared to procedures traditionally taken up in philosophy and is concerned with the questions traditionally posed.
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Personalists believe that the human person should be the ontological and epistemological starting point ofphilosophicalreflection.
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Samsan showsphilosophicalreflectionon the cremation ground.
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It is aphilosophicalreflectionon the man's faith of meeting his own destiny and the need to survive in isolation and constant need.
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Within this context he developsphilosophicalreflectionon language, historicity, art, interculturality and humanistics.
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Every chapter begins with a biological description of that period in life, followed by a morephilosophicalreflection.
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He also transformed the originally comedic cartoon into aphilosophicalreflectionon the cycle of life and death by including the death of the vixen.
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The older novel includes aphilosophicalreflectionon sleeping the big sleep.
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It stands out for a profundity ofphilosophicalreflection, that sinks into the mysteries of what is eternal and transcendent.
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This was work that had taken him 5 years of preparation, 4 months of studio work, and over 2000 hours of compositions andphilosophicalreflectionback to his roots.
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Defences of all the possible views of fairness outlined above can be found in competing philosophical reflections on welfare.
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Fichte placed the demands of the individual self or ego as the starting point of allphilosophicalreflection.
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