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A famous [[metaphor]] for [[philosophy]] from the opening pages of the opus '''''Process and Reality''''' (1929) i <blockquote>"Philosophy begins on the ground with the concrete reality of lived experience. '''Experience''' provides us with the raw data

...opposite of ‘[[abstract]]’ The noun sense ‘[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete building material]’ dates from the mid 19th cent. ...not [[abstract]]: concrete objects like stones | it exists as a physically concrete form.

...[[legal]] use) that concerns [[things]] and not people (1283), [[actual]], concrete (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), [[material]], [[objective]] ...[belief]] that [[reality]] exists independently of observers, whether in [[philosophy]] itself or in the applied [[arts]] and [[sciences]]. In this broad sense i

...dter's illustration of that ambiguity, with a progression from abstract to concrete in Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979): *'''''[[Concrete]]'''''

...he Rights of Man and of the Citizen]], for those heavily influenced by the philosophy of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] and its conception of a [[hum A '''universal proposition''' is one that affirms a [[property (philosophy)|property]] of all the members of a [[set]]. For instance, the proposition

...xponent in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jaspers Karl Jaspers]; as a philosophy of human [[decision]], its foremost representative was [https://en.wikipedi ...ilosophies, in both style and content, as too [[abstract]] and remote from concrete human experience.

...retation]] of the Tibetan concept. Its concept is related to the Western [[philosophy]] and [[practice]] of [[magick]]. ...isualization]], in very much the same [[manner]] as an [[architect]] gives concrete expression in three dimensions to [...] his [[blueprint]]".

==Philosophy== ....org/wiki/Metaphysics_of_Quality Metaphysics of Quality³]. In contemporary philosophy, the idea of qualities and especially how to distinguish certain kinds of q

...[Ancient Philosophy]], one in [[Medieval Philosophy]], and one in [[Modern Philosophy]]. In the second [[meaning]], which originated in Medieval philosophy, concepts are ''transcendental'' if they are broader than what falls within

...aterial man to grasp the reality of spiritual values and to comprehend the philosophy of universe meanings.”'' ([[0:12|UB, 0:12.13]]) ...an mind to grasp the seemingly abstract concepts of what are, in fact, the concrete realities of meanings and values — crucial elements to their spiritual gr

...[[meaning]] involved in the phrase "all things flow" is one chief task of philosophy. All actually existing "things" change due to their temporality, but the me ...God's abstract essence is absolute, necessary, and eternal, while God's [[concrete]] actuality is everlastingly relative or contingent. The unchanging pole of

In [[philosophy]], rationality and reason are the key methods used to analyse the data gath ...th the comprehensiveness of its underlying considerations, and in which no concrete objective is presumed to be rational in any but a relative sense of the ter

...y of philosophy might include (but are not limited to): How can changes in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in it ...ern]], [[religious]] or [[secular]] — have had their own unique schools of philosophy, arrived at through both inheritance and through independent discovery. Suc

...faith". Consequently, Tillich's orientation is apologetic, seeking to make concrete theological answers that are applicable to ordinary daily life. This contri [[Category: Philosophy]]

...his self-contempt; and he learns this self-contempt from his consolation, philosophy. After somersaulting onto his own shoulders to shout his message to the wor ...ent philosophy accelerated the descent towards the concrete insofar as the concrete was in some ways brought to power with the revolutionary bourgeoisie. From

==Philosophy== In [[philosophy]], '''essence''' is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object

...[The Sciences|sciences]] (both natural and social) and the other used in [[philosophy]], [[mathematics]], [[logic]], and across other fields in the [[humanities] ...of rules, generally as a first step in testing or applying the theory in a concrete situation. Theories are abstract and [[concept]]ual, and to this end they a

...ning]]s and usages [[relative]] to how it is [[concept]]ually applied. The concrete meaning of the [[Latin]] word error is "wandering" or "straying". To the co [[Category: Philosophy]]

...[[irony]]. In this [[manner]] they appear related much as the concept of [[philosophy]] and the [[action]] of [[religion]]. ...spoke in [[parables]] often wrapped in [[paradox]], and when we beheld the concrete [[illustration]] of his teaching, it appeared as [[irony]]? Consider his st

...with Alfred North Whitehead and his interpreters only, and reveals process philosophy to be a broader and richer tradition than has generally been acknowledged. Keywords— process philosophy, Schelling, Bakhtin, Dostoevsky, ethics, art, being.

...e in allowing a non-alienating objectification: the realization of art and philosophy in the individual's daily life. Such a rationality's line of force and exte

...g like the Big Bang occurs", whereupon matter and manifest world come into concrete existence, from which stage evolution follows. <ref>Wilber, Ken, ''Introduc ...l he was appointed first to a lectureship and then, in 1904, to a chair of philosophy at the University of Paris.

'''Metaphysics''' is the branch of [[philosophy]] investigating principles of [[reality]] transcending those of any particu ...ed collections. Aristotle called some of the subjects treated there "first philosophy."

...d [[spiritual]] [[principles]] of religious [[truth]] and remake them into concrete rules of [[personal]] [[conduct]]. [[Jesus]] would present to them the [[be ...e characteristic of [[Jesus]]' teaching was that the [[morality]] of his [[philosophy]] originated in the [[personal]] [[relation]] of the [[individual]] to [[Go

...prophecy, the human soul, and the principles of human conduct. Finally, as philosophy, it studies notions that are primarily of philosophical interest, such as t Chronologically, Jewish philosophy may be divided into three phases: (1) its early development in the Diaspora

...iographies), indexes (by number) and objects (a wedding ring); but endless concrete and abstract [[methods]] can be used intentionally. This includes methods t # Reimer, Marga (2009). "Reference". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

...ication, such as presuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1]

==The Heterodox Tradition in Western Philosophy== Aristotle’s concern to account for the conditions a concrete substance must realize

*Introduction:The Heterodox Tradition in Western Philosophy *by Paul S. McDonald, Lecturer in Philosophy at Murdoch University, Australia.

* '''''Philosophy''''' ...grounded again, how to start all over again, get back to basics. For your philosophy can become so abstract, the [[word]] [[symbols]] you are trying to use to g

...long with the [[concept]] of an aetheric library, originated with I[[ndian philosophy]] and was incorporated into the 19th century movement of theosophy. ...e or event, in a higher world, in the highest subdivision of the Region of Concrete Thought of the World of Thought, and, last, it may be read in the World of

...on of [[God]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_philosophy Western philosophy] and [[theology]], and has close counterparts in [https://en.wikipedia.org/ ...of various kinds, on lesser levels of generality as found within the more concrete [[symbols]] and images of the world's religious [[traditions]].

...f convenience. However, it is important to note that in phenomenological [[philosophy]] (and particularly in the work of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty) 'experience ...the same as yours?" While it is difficult to answer such a question in any concrete way, the concept of [[intersubjectivity]] is often used as a mechanism for

...work upon your emotions, nor to relinquish emotion for time as you examine philosophy, so why treat your body as different?

...d writings, starting with the Egyptians, the Indian Vedas, the early Greek philosophy; in other words the oldest writings of the philosophical musings of the hum ...ance. Entertain the possibility, and then carry out what it gives you with concrete actions. Practice your stillness meditation. Give yourself the chance to he

...direction while it has, as well, interjected condition, as a path made of concrete and a path made of grass have different effects upon your travel. But throu ...s having faith in one another, for you who have reckoned with the view and philosophy -- and I add the truth -- of God within time and space, the emergence of Go

...ions consider it blasphemous to imagine or depict the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually immortal. They are commonly assumed to have personal ...ilarities and contrasts in the views and practices of various religions. [[Philosophy of religion]] discusses philosophical issues related to theories about deit

...t infusing, penetrating both your mind and body to give all your ideas and philosophy, and even things, value. ...tricably living life. You are earning your souls and this particular, very concrete and nitty-gritty physical reality. This too is your possession. This is wha

...t infusing, penetrating both your mind and body to give all your ideas and philosophy, and even things, value. And yet a materialist might consider all this simp ...tricably living life. You are earning your souls and this particular, very concrete and nitty-gritty physical reality. This too is your possession. This is wha

...his presence a Thought Adjuster. He can actually suggest things--give you concrete ideas and actual thoughts to help you analyze and get a hold of the situati ...a while, and then se cannot not be sustained. Keep in touch with that old philosophy of: Simplify- Simplify your life! I think of some of your great moral philo

...actical, inexpensive shelter and transportation. He documented his life, [[philosophy]] and [[idea]]s scrupulously in a daily diary (later called the Dymaxion Ch ==Philosophy and worldview==

...ct and alienating mediation which estranges me from myself is terrifyingly concrete. In its final phase, authority will culminate in the union of abstract and concrete. Power already abstracts, and the electric chair is still neing used. The f

...read over and over. For the first time in your history you have evidence, concrete evidence of something that was done by beings from the celestial domain, no ...ing back control that propels you into moods, psychological spin. Use the philosophy of greater enforcement to counteract these other things that you are transc

...or other. If each one of you in this room could [[adopt]] the brilliant [[philosophy]] that your sister has stated to you this day of the far reaching [[perspec ...us about the [[truth]] incorporated in that lesson, because it was a real, concrete instance of what we were [[engaged]] in during the week.

Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry, Swinburne University, ...ubordinated variously and often concurrently to reason, to mathematics and philosophy, to objects and forms, to the ‘real’ and the eternal, to instrumental r

...of them--that composed the book. Remember that nothing can be put into a concrete human language but help being a limited expression to a very particular tim ...ving into and unifying all your human intellectual categories of theology, philosophy, psychology, cosmology, geology, history, physics and chemistry, biologic e

:: Deduction or inference ''[[a priori and a posteriori (philosophy)|à priori]]'', ...t example, all of these forms are equally good ways of expressing the same concrete proposition, namely, 'contributing to charity is wise'.

...have the many varieties of cultural dishes. They, like [[religion]] and [[philosophy]], crystallize into a [[form]] that is repeated. Its good merit is the [[pr ...d about, what was really going on was [[intimacy]]" or [[tolerance]], or a concrete example of [[triangles]]. I realize it takes awhile for [[seeds]] to sprout

...dulgence of hatred. One connects; the other severs and harms. So keep your philosophy down to earth, My son. Look at the results of specific acts, for all your a Let Me ask if you can feel the concrete-ness of My proposals.

Some consider the philosophy of the ''Course'' to be [[monism|monistic]]. It uses terminology and theol ...and Thetford (as in the authors' application of the abstract principles to concrete events in their lives) that was later edited out prior to the work's initia

that which can be spoken—that is, the first words without concrete referents, the step out of protolanguage into the real thing. direct reference to the concrete world of the embodied senses or the environment. This explains why there ar

...o existential just in the fact of your existence. Even though there is no concrete proof of this to a doubting, fearful mind, Mother Spirit and I do reassure ...s through faith that there is so much more than is dreamt of in his or her philosophy: so much more out there; so much more in here.

[[Isaac Newton]] (1687, 1713, 1726). "[4] Rules for the study of [[natural philosophy]]", ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'', Third edition. Th ...h there is very wide agreement in the [[scientific community]] and among [[Philosophy of science|philosophers of science]], each of which are subject only to mar

...shment (which may also be referred to as ''disciplinary procedure''). As a concrete noun, the ''discipline'' refers to an instrument of punishment, for example ...It is only quite recently that the subject-matter, or rather the tasks, of philosophy have come to be clearly distinguished from those of other disciplines. 1962

Nevertheless an increasing number of scholars from [[philosophy]], [[theology]], aesthetics and German studies are finding his ideas and in ...rg]] in 1730, the son of a midwife and a barber-surgeon. He began study in philosophy and theology at the age of 16, changed to law but mainly read literature, p

...r all your perceptions and so become a self-fulfilling and highly limiting philosophy of life. You can get terribly out of balance, my children, with not only t ...the bottom of things, to find sound, practical ground, and have some real concrete things to do to be more beneficial. So don’t fear the human need for des

...oup. Your mission—you would have a philosophy—so it is vision, intention, philosophy, mission, objective, and each one of those would have a goal. Goals can mi As you become more and more concrete in your vision, intention, philosophy, mission and objectives, the more and more it becomes obvious whether there

...ght take much planning before the first brick is laid or the first yard of concrete is poured. Planning saves time, it saves energy, and it saves your abundanc ...e "head-in-the-sand, use-it-up-now, we’ll worry about it tomorrow" sort of philosophy of living is antiquarian, it is 20th Century, it is out of date and it will

...omfortable]] with these much enlarged concepts of [[science]], [[math]], [[philosophy]], the spiritual [[hierarchy]], and so on, yet even then, you’ll recogniz ...t in the [[future]]. Have you no easy questions? One that I can give you a concrete answer for, a yes, or no, a black or white? I jest child, ask whatever ques

...sound [[foundation]] upon which to further build but it is not embedded in concrete. It is [[necessary]] that your [[community]] remain true members in [[trust Tonya: "In my [[philosophy]] course we have spent a great deal of time [[reading]] and [[discussing]]

...Latin "perfectus" was "teleos." The latter Greek expression generally had concrete referents, such as a perfect physician or flutist, a perfect comedy or a pe ...lly used the term, "perfection"; but the concept of "good", central to his philosophy, was tantamount to "perfection." He believed that approximation to the idea

...living love, goes far beyond the realms of [[theology]], [[cosmology]], [[philosophy]] and other "ologies" and "[[isms]]." ...ble situation. This results in [[irritability]], for you cannot direct any concrete [[action]] in any direction until you have ascertained what it is that need

...with that [[essence]] of anything. They need to have something that's more concrete: a name and address and a zip code; and in the [[assignment]], if you were ...shadow]] that you bring your [[learning]] and set it to paper, set it to [[philosophy]], set it to a [[study]], that you can [[comprehend]] it intellectually and

...-logical way of thinking about Reality, as in the statement - "Neither ... philosophy nor absonity are able to penetrate . . ." (14,6) Realize: "To make real; to convert ... into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish . . ."

...Still, in practice Foucault often seems to deny individuals this [[Agency (philosophy)|agency]], which is contrasted with [[sovereignty]] (the old model of power

...ve the spiritualists' claim for the reality of life after death, there was concrete evidence for the development of exceptional human abilities beyond what see According to the philosophy of Sāmkhya Yoga, the mind can be found in any one of five habitual states

...e [[growth]] [[process]] and to see the example of a weed breaking through concrete is an example of what it can bring about in terms of overcoming difficulty. ...[[origin]] and its [[destiny]]. The fact that you have [[religion]] or a [[philosophy]] is not the answer to prayer, but rather a [[course]] of [[study]] en rout

*by Paul S. McDonald, Lecturer in Philosophy at Murdoch University, Australia. its earliest phase Islamic philosophy admitted that there is only one agent intellect

...is the question of illusion. Since some of you are familiar with Oriental philosophy’s use of this term that ordinary life is an illusion, I would like to pre ...ever be certain about anything, even their own existence. Some schools of philosophy or religion try to deliberately create this great doubt in their students s

140:4.8 An [[effective]] [[philosophy]] of living is formed by a combination of [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and the [[ ...ourse]] at the [[ordination]] of [[the twelve]] [[constitutes]] a master [[philosophy]] of life. [[Jesus]] exhorted his followers to [[exercise]] experiential [[

...[[values]]. You said it better, I like your way. (laughter) Perhaps a more concrete way of bringing it down would be just as Larry said to me last week, it fel ...Stan will discuss the four phases of the [[evolution]] of the religious [[philosophy]] which shows the various [[degrees]] of intellectual [[integrity]].

There is a wide range of [[literature]] on the [[history]] and [[philosophy]] of chakras and, beside the traditional Indian [[spiritual]] practices and ...Brahman, an energy emanating from the [[spiritual]] which gradually turns concrete, creating these distinct levels of chakras, and which eventually finds its

...to test their claims by analyzing their chamber paintings, poetry, music, philosophy, and artifacts. This analysis made us fairly certain that they were authent ...rious symbol pictures and immerse themselves in the time capsule's art and philosophy, it affected the central nervous system in a way that it improved fluid int

...hose things. But when you see a major deviation in the [[course]] of life, philosophy, structure, of your [[leaders]] and others, what will you think, or will yo ...s this will instruct your brain [[visualization]] construct in a much more concrete way. If you stand here with head held high, looking up to [[the Father]]’

To be concrete, suppose the event of the rocket leaving Earth is at the point (0,0,0,0) in Maudlin, Tim. "Relativity Theory." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald M. Borchert. Vol. 8. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA,

Socialism is not a concrete philosophy of fixed doctrine and program; its branches advocate a degree of social int ...tieth century, socialist intellectuals retained much influence in European philosophy; ''[[Eros and Civilization]]'' (1955), by [[Herbert Marcuse]], explicitly a

...aid for poetry and mathematics, and for any of the other arts, and that of philosophy as well. ...mind to the possibility of a life-plan. Those individuals who have a more concrete life-plan may interpret this as a destiny to fulfill, a personality of a la

...mpts at emancipation,.. perhaps this notion will one day be realised, like philosophy, by those who carry within them total freedom and the end of traditional hi ...o the free play of subjectivity. In the light of power, a stone, a tree, a concrete mixer, or a cyclotron are dead objects, crosses planted on the will to see

...n the building of new networks of radical resistance. It may be applied to philosophy, where ontology bears witness to the renunciation of being-as-becoming. It ...endence and abstraction. The interregnum between the collapse of classical philosophy and the erection of the Christian myth saw an unprecedented effervescence o

...ns in which divisions and formations of schools could arise: the area of [[philosophy]], in Greece or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India ancient Ind ...ects or heresies are religio-political movements that have been sparked by concrete disputes concerning, for instance, the position of the [[community]] [[lead

...onscious compensation is a useful step. However, it suffers from being too concrete, from wrongly implying that the [[soul]] pervades [[space]]. But the self o ...lectuals]] often focus on the monotheism [[inherent]] in the Atman/Brahman philosophy, the everyday religious [[reality]] is an extraordinary [[pantheon]] of god

...a thing than to make it suffer?); or, on the other, the libertines of the Philosophy in the Boudoir, warm and playful, who do all they can to increase one anoth ...ess in the body than in the possibility of free activity in the world. The concrete reality of pleasure is based on the freedom to unite oneself with anyone wh

...us of the neurosis and the foundational source of all art, myth, religion, philosophy, therapy – indeed of all [[human]] [[culture]] and [[civilization]]. It w ...hoanalysis integrates psychoanalysis with [[semiotics]] and [[Hegel]]ian [[philosophy]], and is practiced throughout the world. It is especially popular in Franc

...stems the unavailability of a definition of ''algorithm'' that suits both concrete (in some sense) and abstract usage of the term. ...undations of mathematics]] (especially the [[Church-Turing Thesis]]) and [[philosophy of mind]] (especially arguments around [[artificial intelligence]]). For mo

...t he considered to be the most important literary fields: natural science, philosophy, poetry, and theology. These quotations and usages were all compared and ca ...d authoritative symbol of common sense of the strong, imaginative grasp of concrete reality should have begun his adult life, at the age of twenty, in a state

...m]], while in more recent times [[leisure]], comforts, [[religion]], and [[philosophy]] have united to make life sweeter and more [[desirable]]. [[Hunger]] strik ...]], the undefined [[mores]] tend to [[crystallize]] into precise [[laws]], concrete regulations, and well-defined [[social]] [[conventions]].

I [[hope]] these words tonight will stay in you. Have you ever seen concrete laid? Where they take bars and reinforcement rods and they lay it down and ...wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_Convergence harmonic convergence]. Each have a philosophy. [[A Course in Miracles]], which gives further perspective to the [[truth]]