60 research outputs found
Recovering nature essays in natural philosophy, ethics, and metaphysics in honor of Ralph McInerny
No full text"The recovery of nature has been a unifying and enduring aim of the writings of Ralph McInerny, Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, director of the Jacques Maritain Center, former director of the Medieval Institute, and author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, and journalism. In his persistent, clear, and creative defenses of natural theology and natural law, McInerny has appealed to nature to establish a dialogue between theists and non-theists, to contribute to the moral and political renewal of American culture, and particularly to provide some of the philosophical foundations for Catholic theology."--BOOK JACKET
Nora McInerny Interview: Real College Podcast
No full textRuntime (34:42).This week we have dedicated the entire episode to an interview with author, podcast host, non-profit founder, and really cool lady Nora McInerny.Support for this program comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.Radio K (KUOM). University of Minnesota. (2018). Nora McInerny Interview: Real College Podcast. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/218449
Away from the Poet!
No full textContrary to what some readers believe, the author claims that The Point of View is a text as important and authoritative as every other work of Kierkegaard, and that it is of special interest to analyze the interpretative key that is there offered for the pseudonimous texts towards the Discourses of 1843. Here it is analyzed the sensuous, the aesthetic and the poetic as a possible mode of existence rejected by Christianity to then conclude in the Kierkegaardian claim that poetic life or aesthetic life is not only a life of despair, but an impossible one. The sensuous-erotic genius, represented by Don Juan, apears as a figure that can only be expressed in music, as Mozart did, and that this can not really exist. Here there are analyzed the greek positions on the sensuous against happyness both in Aristotle, with the érgon argument, and Plato, reading the Protagoras with is hierarchical vision of the powers and activities of the human being, in order to culminate with Kierkegaard's argument: aesthetic life is imposible because it is the effort to consciously live an unconscious life, it is to force the mind to be mindless
The end of philosophy
No full textIn this article the author analyzes the different ways in which one can speak of an end of philosophy. The author shows the way in which the continuation of philosophy in our days is only achieved by overcoming sophistry and skepticism
El final de la filosofía
No full textIn this article the author analyzes the different ways in which one can speak of an end of philosophy. He (she) shows the way in which the key to the continuation of philosophy in our days is only attainable through the overcoming of sophistry and skepticism
The End of Philosophy
No full textIn this article the author analyzes the different ways in which one
can speak of an end of philosophy. He (she) shows the way in
which the key to the continuation of philosophy in our days
is only attainable through the overcoming of sophistry and
skepticism
Teacher identity in university classrooms: reflexivity and professional learning
No full textMany academics become teachers without the help of formal professional learning. This study explores how a small group of academics have done this. The research aims to uncover the informal, experiential means whereby participants have constructed the knowledge about teaching and learning that underpins their pedagogies. The research begins with the assumption that three key elements play a major role in supporting academics' informal learning about teaching. These are a person's previous experiences of learning, their experience of being part of a particular academic environment and their personal or 'private' theories about teaching and learning, which are experientially based.
Life narratives were collected from a small group of university teachers who participated in qualitative interviews and provided written evidence of their experiences, practices and philosophies of teaching. The research uses an ethnographic, interpretive approach to collect and analyse data in which participants' voices are foregrounded. The researcher's life narratives also form part of the final thesis, demonstrating an 'engaged' approach to research and providing explicit evidence of the researcher's positioning in relation to the subject matter of the thesis.
The research reveals the importance for participants of a 'teaching self' or consistent identity that develops in early life and continues through to the adult professional context. This identity forms a basis for participants' teaching practices. The challenges experienced by participants when institutional practices do not support or help maintain this identity are discussed, as are the processes whereby participants seek out like-minded colleagues with whom to engage in 'professional conversations' about teaching. The research reveals strong connections between participants' sense of 'self' and the principles underpinning their pedagogies, and the thesis concludes with some suggestions about how the concept of the 'teaching self' might be used to support all teachers engaged in professional learning. Finally, the research advocates 'reflexivity' on the part of teachers, whereby a critical awareness of biography helps locate practice in the cultural and social environment in which it develops
Aquinas’ Commentaries on Boethius’ Treatises: a Modification or Interpretation?
No full textNearly seven hundred years after the death of Boethius, Saint Thomas Aquinas appears to comment on the two works of Boethius: De Trinitate and De Hebdomadibus. In the last years of the 20th century, Aquinas’ comments aroused many discussions and questions among scholars. The question was asked why Aquinas was commenting on the texts of Boethius. Some scholars, such as Marian Kurdziałek, a Polish philosopher, argued that Aquinas intended to get rid of the old method of argumentation that dominated both philosophy and theology. Other scholars, such as Etienne Gilson, Pierre Duhem and Cornelio Fabro, criticized Aquinas, arguing that he used the texts of Boethius as a platform to create a metaphysics that was completely different. The last group of scholars, such as Ralph McInerny, rejects these allegations and claims. The article author joins the ongoing debate, arguing that Aquinas’s comments to Boethius aimed to develop further arguments against the heretics who lived in his time upon the authority of Boethius, who according to Timothy Noone represented the characteristic style of the scholars from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. The other part of the article discusses the question of whether Aquinas’ comments were correct interpretations of Boethius’ texts. In his opinion, the author of the article claims that the interpretations of the texts of Boethius made by Saint Thomas Aquinas is credible and may be the best commentary on Boethius. But, it is necessary to keep in mind the modifications resulting from various scientific cultures that prevailed in the time of the two great scholars.Tomasza z Akwinu komentarze dzieł Boecjusza: modyfikacja czy interpretacja?
Po upływie prawie siedmiuset lat od śmierci Boecjusza św. Tomasz z Akwinu pojawia się, aby skomentować dwa dzieła Boecjusza: De Trinitate i De Hebdomadibus. W ostatnich latach XX wieku komentarze Akwinaty wzbudziły wiele dyskusji i pytań wśród uczonych. Stawiano pytanie: dlaczego Akwinata podjął komentowanie tych tekstów Boecjusza. Niektórzy uczeni, tacy jak Marian Kurdziałek, polski filozof, argumentowali, że intencją Akwinaty było pozbycie się starej metody argumentacji, która dominowała zarówno w filozofii, jak i teologii. Inni uczeni, tacy jak Etienne Gilson, Pierre Duhem i Cornelio Fabro, krytykowali Akwinatę, argumentując, że wykorzystał teksty Boecjusza jako platformę do stworzenia metafizyki, która była zupełnie inną. Ostatnia grupa uczonych, takich jak Ralph McInerny, odrzuca powyższe zarzuty i twierdzenia. Autor artykuł włącza się do toczącej się debaty, argumentując, że komentarze Akwinaty do Boecjusza miały na celu rozwinięcie dalszych argumentów przeciwko heretykom, którzy żyli w jego czasach na tle autorytetu jakim był Boecjusz, który według Timothy’ego Noone reprezentowal charakterystyczny styl uczonego od dwunastego do siedemnastego wieku. W dalszej części artykułu poruszono kwestię, czy komentarze Akwinaty były poprawnymi interpretacjami tekstów Boecjusza. W swojej ocenie Autor artykułu twierdzi, że interpretacje tekstów Boecjusza dokonane przez św. Tomasza z Akwinu jest wiarygodna i może być najlepszym komentarzem do Boecjusza. Należy jednak uwzględnić modyfikacje wynikające z różnych kultur naukowych, które panowały w czasach dwóch wielkich uczonych
Evaluation of the association of heterozygous germline variants in NTHL1 with breast cancer predisposition: an international multi-center study of 47,180 subjects
No full textCàncer de mama; Genètica del càncer; MutacióCáncer de mama; Genética del cáncer; MutaciónBreast cancer; Cancer genetics; MutationBi-allelic loss-of-function (LoF) variants in the base excision repair (BER) gene NTHL1 cause a high-risk hereditary multi-tumor syndrome that includes breast cancer, but the contribution of heterozygous variants to hereditary breast cancer is unknown. An analysis of 4985 women with breast cancer, enriched for familial features, and 4786 cancer-free women revealed significant enrichment for NTHL1 LoF variants. Immunohistochemistry confirmed reduced NTHL1 expression in tumors from heterozygous carriers but the NTHL1 bi-allelic loss characteristic mutational signature (SBS 30) was not present. The analysis was extended to 27,421 breast cancer cases and 19,759 controls from 10 international studies revealing 138 cases and 93 controls with a heterozygous LoF variant (OR 1.06, 95% CI: 0.82–1.39) and 316 cases and 179 controls with a missense variant (OR 1.31, 95% CI: 1.09–1.57). Missense variants selected for deleterious features by a number of in silico bioinformatic prediction tools or located within the endonuclease III functional domain showed a stronger association with breast cancer. Somatic sequencing of breast cancers from carriers indicated that the risk associated with NTHL1 appears to operate through haploinsufficiency, consistent with other described low-penetrance breast cancer genes. Data from this very large international multicenter study suggests that heterozygous pathogenic germline coding variants in NTHL1 may be associated with low- to moderate- increased risk of breast cancer
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