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Sokolowski, Robert S. was born on May 3, 1934 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of Stanley A. Sokolowski and Maryann C. Drag.
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"Pictures, quotations and distinctions" presents an anthology of the essays of Robert Sokolowski, a thinker who specialises in questions on conceptual analysis. The essays constitute Sokolowski's sustained project of critical phenomenological analysis of many different forms of presentation as well as many different forms of human experience. Aimed at the specialist in phenomenology and the generalist in the philosophical tradition, Sokolowski's work describes various ways in which things appear, as pictured, quoted, measured, distinguished, explained, meant, and referred to. Through the analysis of appearances, he probes the question of being and aims to clarify the human condition. The 14 essays are grouped into pairs or triplets. "Picturing" and "quotation" describe representation in image and speech. "Making distinctions" clarifies how we can isolate something as an issue for thought, and "explaining" discusses what we do after we have isolated it. "Timing" and "measurement" describe two ways in which wholes are articulated into parts, and "exact science and the world in which we live" further develops the theme of measurement. "Exorcising concepts" and "referring" are a phenomenological attempt to treat sense and reference. "Grammar and thinking" and "Tsarskian harmonies in words and pictures" discuss the formal composition of sentences and images and their relationship to the way things are disclosed. The final three essays are studies in the phenomenology of ethical performance. By providing concrete analyses of human themes familiar to everyone, such as picturing and quotation, these examples of applied phenomenology take appearances seriously, while making philosophical distinctions among them.
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The structure and key elements of Husserl's philosophy are analyzed in this chronological examination of his doctrines.
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In this collection of essays, renowned philosopher Robert Sokolowski illustrates how Christian faith is not an alternative to reason, but rather an enhancement of it. Reflecting on the mysteries of Creation, the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Eucharist, he examines in his distinctive lucid style the ways in which Christian faith contributes to the understanding of the human person. The book is divided into four sections. The first directly addresses the relation between faith and understanding, showing how philosophy has an autonomy within Christian theology even as it acknowledges that revelation makes known truths that could not have been reached by reason alone. It also explains how central the doctrine of Creation is to the relation between faith and reason. The rest of the book illustrates particular ways in which reason and faith interact in Christianity. The second section deals with the mysteries of the Holy Trinity, the Church, and the Eucharist. It shows that Christ is the primary minister of the Eucharist because his words are quoted in its celebration, and it offers a contemporary interpretation of the meaning of transubstantiation. This section also discusses the episcopal teaching office in the Church, and it shows how Christ's words in the gospels, his use of the first-person pronoun, serve to manifest the Holy Trinity. The third section discusses the human person in the light of Christian faith, exploring what is meant by the human soul, natural law, and personal relationships, as well as the place of political philosophy within revelation. The fourth and final section turns to the relationship between faith and practical reasoning. It discusses Christian aspects in the art and science of medicine, psychoanalysis, and the professions, as well as issues in Catholic higher education, including the place of philosophy in seminary formation. Robert Sokolowski is Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. The author of eight books and more than 90 articles, Msgr. Sokolowski was awarded the Aquinas Medal by the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His highly respected works have been the subject of two conferences. His books include The God of Faith and Reason and Eucharistic Presence: A Study in the Theology of Disclosure, both published by CUA Press. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "In this collection of essays, a leading American philosopher shows the fruitfulness of phenomenology for Christian philosophy. He illustrates how appearances disclose the reality that comes to light through them and how biblical religion casts added light on the realities known to reason. Applying this method, Sokolowski reflects with rare lucidity on Christian mysteries such as the Eucharist and on mundane pursuits such as medicine, psychoanalysis, and the professions."―Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. "This book offers us a series of intense glimpses into the comprehensive vision of a great master on both philosophy and theology. Sokolowski's brilliant account of the blending of reason and faith, while honoring their respective integrities, is nothing short of an offering to the human future, in all its various spheres; the culmination of a lifetime's work of love which, if received in the same spirit, will make that future a better one.―Catherine Pickstock, University of Cambridge "Christian Faith and Human Understanding is a masterpiece of good sense, clarity, profundity, and accuracy of expression....Sokolowski has a genius for making what otherwise would be abstruse points to become intelligible to ordinary people....This is not merely a profound book, but a very readable book. Any person to whom the book is implicitly addressed in its very subject matter―bishop, priest, seminarian, medical doctor, psychoanalyst, politician, craftsman, engine
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This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology in a clear, lively style with an abundance of examples. The book examines such phenomena as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. It also studies personal identity as established through time and discusses the nature of philosophy. In addition to providing a new interpretation of the correspondence theory of truth, the author also explains how phenomenology differs from both modern and postmodern forms of thinking.
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Sokolowski, Robert S. was born on May 3, 1934 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. Son of Stanley A. Sokolowski and Maryann C. Drag.
Bachelor and Master of Arts, Catholic University, 1957. BTh, Catholic University Louvain, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic University Louvain, 1963.
Visiting professor Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, New York City, 1969—1970, University Texas, Austin, 1978, Villanova University, 1983, Yale University, New Haven, 1992. Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell professor philosophy Catholic University, Washington, since 1963. Consultant Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, New Mexico, 1981—1989.
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("Pictures, quotations and distinctions" presents an antho...)
(This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of p...)
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Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur phaenomenologische Forschung, Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Metaphysical Society (president 1989-1990), American Catholic Philosophical Association (Aquinas Medalist 2002).