10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONVERSATION STOPPER»
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conversation stopper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival
To paraphrase Richard Rorty,50 in constitutional law, at least in this regard,
secularism acts as conversation stopper, exactly because religious arguments
tend to be conversation stoppers. This position prevents religious arguments from
...
Susanna Mancini, Michel Rosenfeld, 2014
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Contemporary Pragmatism
See Richard Rorty, “Religion as Conversation-Stopper,” in Rorty, Philosophy and
Social Hope (New York: Penguin, 1999), p. 172. 14. Ibid., pp. 169, 171. 15. In a
perceptive essay on Rorty's attitude toward religion, Hendrik Hart notices an ...
John R. Shook, Paulo Ghiraldelli, 2006
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By Design: Ethics, Theology, and the Practice of Engineering
Conversation-Stopper. When I lived in California, the house I owned had an
unusual bathroom. My wife, three boys, and I tussled over access to a single
bathroom that was seven feet wide and twelve feet long. In order to maintain our
sanity, ...
My response to Steven Carter's book was titled “Religion as a Conversation-
Stopper.” Stout rightly rejoined, on Carter's behalf, that it is false that religion is “
essentially” a con- versation-stopper, because it is not “essentially” anything.
Christopher J. Voparil, Richard J. Bernstein, 2010
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The Evolution of Morality
My second criticism is that it is very hard to grasp the relation between the
conversation-stopper view articulated by Dennett (which may amount to a
fictionalist view) and a great deal of seemingly “straight-up” moralizing that ends
his book.
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Parsing the Turing Test: Philosophical and Methodological ...
Very sensibly he tried to impose some order on the debate by devising what he
thought would be a conversation-stopper: he described a simple operational test
that would surely satisfy the skeptics: anything that could pass this test would be ...
Robert Epstein, Gary Roberts, Grace Beber, 2008
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Rorty and the Religious: Christian Engagements with a ...
Rorty borrows the language of religion as “conversation-stopper” from Stephen
Carter.24 Carter argues that the problem with liberalism is that it does not allow
religious convictions to have a substantial place in “the public square.” In the ...
Jacob L. Goodson, Brad Elliott Stone, 2012
'Sorry,' remembering Carol, her negativity that could leave love so stranded, '
that's getting a bit philosophical, I guess, another conversation stopper . . .' There
had been, in the past, so many other long conversations about love, but they had
...
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Democracy and Tradition
My advice, therefore, is to cultivate the virtues of democratic speech, love justice,
and say what you please.23 IS RELIGION A CONVERSATION-STOPPER? The
contractarian program of restraint is a moralistic one. Richard Rorty's argument ...
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Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance ...
His critique of absolutism and religious truth is offered not in the name of an
alternate truth or epistemology but rather on the basis that religion often serves
as a ''conversation-stopper,'' preventing consensus with those who do not share
the ...
Kristen Deede Johnson, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONVERSATION STOPPER»
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conversation stopper is used in the context of the following news items.
Brian Burke: About Your Divorce (Letter 115) — Wait 5 Years Before …
If you say, “Anne Bennett would probably suggest that you not label it a tragedy for at least five years,” it's likely to be a conversation stopper. «Noozhawk, Jul 15»
Leigh Kendall :Why We Need to Reconsider How We Engage With …
In the 15 months since my baby son Hugo died at the age of 35 days I have been told I am a 'conversation stopper'; been told 'God will give me another baby'; ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
Ian Boyne: Holy war over gay marriage
You can't dismiss the four dissenters as 'fundamentalists', a conversation stopper these days. Not one of them is Evangelical or even Protestant ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
Character Development Is Empowering, Not Restricting
In Roberts's and Rose's essays I hear a more nuanced articulation of the reason character can be a conversation stopper: namely, the worry ... «Family Studies, Jul 15»
Believing in Johnny Manziel (or not) is a must-see proposition -- Bud …
So how about we bring the old conversation stopper himself, Bill Belichick, to the table and agree to only go by what we see? • Turns out Kobe ... «cleveland.com, Jun 15»
'This board needs to do what's right'
But the conversation stopper was one guidance counselor's salary. Board member Hazel Sias mentioned that the counselor at Southwest ... «Opelousas Daily World, Jun 15»
Good Call: 10 Ways to Nail that Pastoral Search Interview
Well… that was a conversation stopper alright, but probably not in the way this guy intended. Seriously, a church wants to get to know YOU. «Patheos, Jun 15»
SMH experiments with new brands including The Optimist, Celsius …
... conversation around climate change but without using the words “climate change”, because they know it's a turn-off, a conversation stopper. «MuMbrella, Jun 15»
Restaurant review: Avenue B scores high in service and many …
After dinner, a honey ice cream was a conversation stopper; it was so deliciously intense, served with a shortbread crumble. As much as I enjoy ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 15»
Michael Gerson: Rand the reckless
In democratic discourse, this type of argument is a conversation stopper. How can you find agreement with scheming warmongers? «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»
