https://hcommons.org/members/allan/activity/ Activity feed for Allan Savage. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:42:23 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 99e72d495401d9215dcbd015abb9d52b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897043/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 03:00:18 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory is not limited to matters sexual. Queer theory is a broad understanding which encompasses any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity. It is often discussed as identity politics by contemporary academics, philosophers and social commentators. It is within…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b521060e9e7b9af7e6040ecf0c5531d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897042/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 03:00:15 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory is not limited to matters sexual. Queer theory is a broad understanding which encompasses any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity. It is often discussed as identity politics by contemporary academics, philosophers and social commentators. It is within…[Read more]

]]> 0 d3f5e628b12b6801290f58e027f95af8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897041/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 03:00:07 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory is not limited to matters sexual. Queer theory is a broad understanding which encompasses any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity. It is often discussed as identity politics by contemporary academics, philosophers and social commentators. It is within…[Read more]

]]> 0 1adc85261abc73f1a851966b53fea4cb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897020/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:04:57 -0400 0 24d40bf71e44b54cd3f84c3c5be4155b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897010/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:12:59 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory is not limited to matters sexual. Queer theory is a broad understanding which encompasses any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity. It is often discussed as identity politics by contemporary academics, philosophers and social commentators. It is within…[Read more]

]]> 0 7607529f29421c59548c1783dfbb2ba0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882822/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:41:52 -0400 0 764f2484ac42b5bb320f8add9c8275d8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843713/ Fri, 05 May 2023 02:24:52 -0400 The world of Platonic idealism will not be satisfactorily imported into the world of phenomenological consciousness. The task of phenomenological philosophers is to return to the interpretation of experience itself and seek to recast meaning not in terms of theoretical idealism, but in terms of existential meaning. The phenomenological philosopher…[Read more]

]]> 0 10061f79eae732c2c0308867abf7413a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843712/ Fri, 05 May 2023 02:24:49 -0400 The world of Platonic idealism will not be satisfactorily imported into the world of phenomenological consciousness. The task of phenomenological philosophers is to return to the interpretation of experience itself and seek to recast meaning not in terms of theoretical idealism, but in terms of existential meaning. The phenomenological philosopher…[Read more]

]]> 0 edf77e5c8af1f0207cf65f6d4f890c1d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843711/ Fri, 05 May 2023 02:24:42 -0400 The world of Platonic idealism will not be satisfactorily imported into the world of phenomenological consciousness. The task of phenomenological philosophers is to return to the interpretation of experience itself and seek to recast meaning not in terms of theoretical idealism, but in terms of existential meaning. The phenomenological philosopher…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d989d47fe413826d42ce2852a2c9c33 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843652/ Thu, 04 May 2023 17:26:16 -0400 The world of Platonic idealism will not be satisfactorily imported into the world of phenomenological consciousness. The task of phenomenological philosophers is to return to the interpretation of experience itself and seek to recast meaning not in terms of theoretical idealism, but in terms of existential meaning. The phenomenological philosopher…[Read more]

]]> 0 b14fed3f7083cefe35b32b5230cf8018 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833554/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:23:59 -0500 I contend that the modern discipline of Sociology, as understood in the West, has evolved into a socio-philosophy from within an existential system of theology. Two systems of philosophy confront one another in the contemporary world, i.e., classical philosophy based on the authority of Hellenistic philosophy and an existential philosophy based on…[Read more]

]]> 0 bb08316f30b1e4abe95efba9aee29b02 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833553/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:23:55 -0500 I contend that the modern discipline of Sociology, as understood in the West, has evolved into a socio-philosophy from within an existential system of theology. Two systems of philosophy confront one another in the contemporary world, i.e., classical philosophy based on the authority of Hellenistic philosophy and an existential philosophy based on…[Read more]

]]> 0 44e80807db3629936d974d8e9c023aee https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833552/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:23:38 -0500 I contend that the modern discipline of Sociology, as understood in the West, has evolved into a socio-philosophy from within an existential system of theology. Two systems of philosophy confront one another in the contemporary world, i.e., classical philosophy based on the authority of Hellenistic philosophy and an existential philosophy based on…[Read more]

]]> 0 e998aedb3b6d2da139f0d2bdc7b8b748 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833387/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:37:58 -0500 I contend that the modern discipline of Sociology, as understood in the West, has evolved into a socio-philosophy from within an existential system of theology. Two systems of philosophy confront one another in the contemporary world, i.e., classical philosophy based on the authority of Hellenistic philosophy and an existential philosophy based on…[Read more]

]]> 0 3476ed6d5a74ffbb4ad13ed2c4d5fa95 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1828371/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:25:31 -0500 The purpose of this little book is to view critically the dialectic between two disciplines: philosophy and theology. This book presents a point of departure for reflection for the reader. A long tradition of human reflection records the dialectical relationship between philosophy and theology. By reflecting upon human life and experience in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d71d71bc144d70e6c6e8fe446d93d28 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1828370/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:25:28 -0500 The purpose of this little book is to view critically the dialectic between two disciplines: philosophy and theology. This book presents a point of departure for reflection for the reader. A long tradition of human reflection records the dialectical relationship between philosophy and theology. By reflecting upon human life and experience in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 8be726643bf1bd56ea8d60978035763a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1828369/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:25:15 -0500 The purpose of this little book is to view critically the dialectic between two disciplines: philosophy and theology. This book presents a point of departure for reflection for the reader. A long tradition of human reflection records the dialectical relationship between philosophy and theology. By reflecting upon human life and experience in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9f56b0a478bd8b19fcd74cf586f22e46 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1828304/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:00:26 -0500 0 874cc599403c2d45f9bdaa4d5fdb1bb1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1828302/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:58:54 -0500 The purpose of this little book is to view critically the dialectic between two disciplines: philosophy and theology. This book presents a point of departure for reflection for the reader. A long tradition of human reflection records the dialectical relationship between philosophy and theology. By reflecting upon human life and experience in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 c597c800f34414b2633b0555f2bca5fd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1822654/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:24:02 -0500 This book is not a set of introductory essays. It has been written with the more seasoned philosopher in mind. I follow Leslie Dewart's general understanding of consciousness as a means of personal
adjustment based upon the unique experience of a human being. He notes that consciousness as “human adjustment differs from the animal kind in that m…[Read more]

]]> 0 d8aabf0aaa5d642e18ddb90486fb1090 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1822653/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:23:58 -0500 This book is not a set of introductory essays. It has been written with the more seasoned philosopher in mind. I follow Leslie Dewart's general understanding of consciousness as a means of personal
adjustment based upon the unique experience of a human being. He notes that consciousness as “human adjustment differs from the animal kind in that m…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e5c7a01f4ba067eb70d737607d933d7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1822652/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:23:38 -0500 This book is not a set of introductory essays. It has been written with the more seasoned philosopher in mind. I follow Leslie Dewart's general understanding of consciousness as a means of personal
adjustment based upon the unique experience of a human being. He notes that consciousness as “human adjustment differs from the animal kind in that m…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b1700607e17d495265f17b1b3c69033 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1822536/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:35:03 -0500 This book is not a set of introductory essays. It has been written with the more seasoned philosopher in mind. I follow Leslie Dewart's general understanding of consciousness as a means of personal
adjustment based upon the unique experience of a human being. He notes that consciousness as “human adjustment differs from the animal kind in that m…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc4b3a830cf8181450914da9fe9b48cc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789731/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 02:24:00 -0400 This is a particular work focusing on an aspect of the Catholic Church in Europe, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concerning the rise of democracy during the so-called Modernist Crisis. I view the Modernist phenomenon as an historical lens through which to understand the politics, often characterized by artful and dishonest…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b96b7cbcfce10d3c5f93ed543b1ad54 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789730/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 02:23:57 -0400 This is a particular work focusing on an aspect of the Catholic Church in Europe, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concerning the rise of democracy during the so-called Modernist Crisis. I view the Modernist phenomenon as an historical lens through which to understand the politics, often characterized by artful and dishonest…[Read more]

]]> 0 b89bb384e4ac9bfd0049ad363354bef0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789729/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 02:23:42 -0400 This is a particular work focusing on an aspect of the Catholic Church in Europe, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concerning the rise of democracy during the so-called Modernist Crisis. I view the Modernist phenomenon as an historical lens through which to understand the politics, often characterized by artful and dishonest…[Read more]

]]> 0 0541f8a1add39d68871d30ffc84e5406 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789714/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:00:14 -0400 This is a particular work focusing on an aspect of the Catholic Church in Europe, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concerning the rise of democracy during the so-called Modernist Crisis. I view the Modernist phenomenon as an historical lens through which to understand the politics, often characterized by artful and dishonest…[Read more]

]]> 0 f859c64062e0514205785fe0096e48a2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789033/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:25:05 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory, as a broad theory encompassing any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity, is often applied to sexual matters. Whereas, others have discussed Queer Theory from the perspective of Identity Politics in sexual matters, I discuss Queer Theory from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 52886e520f3dbcfd5646ec26f94a82cd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789032/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:25:03 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory, as a broad theory encompassing any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity, is often applied to sexual matters. Whereas, others have discussed Queer Theory from the perspective of Identity Politics in sexual matters, I discuss Queer Theory from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 921b8579a62aecc17afaf3a80064ca6b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789031/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:24:52 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory, as a broad theory encompassing any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity, is often applied to sexual matters. Whereas, others have discussed Queer Theory from the perspective of Identity Politics in sexual matters, I discuss Queer Theory from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d491dda7bc41fd95470f5231b458fff https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789015/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:41:33 -0400 As a new theory in the humanities and social studies, Queer Theory, as a broad theory encompassing any understanding that is anti-normativity and anti-fixed identity, is often applied to sexual matters. Whereas, others have discussed Queer Theory from the perspective of Identity Politics in sexual matters, I discuss Queer Theory from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c4405611266aa5541175afda54d66793 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787690/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:15 -0400 After a general philosophical introduction that outlines my current thinking, I advance the premise that the inverse of traditional Western philosophical understanding, that is, that the concept of divinity as uniquely created through human culture denotes the specific unique status of humanity, and is sustainable in light of contemporary…[Read more]

]]> 0 78622e0594b7d938075d902f9ad1680e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787689/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:12 -0400 After a general philosophical introduction that outlines my current thinking, I advance the premise that the inverse of traditional Western philosophical understanding, that is, that the concept of divinity as uniquely created through human culture denotes the specific unique status of humanity, and is sustainable in light of contemporary…[Read more]

]]> 0 7fb4be5597965588355ab91cb2b4192b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787688/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:23:57 -0400 After a general philosophical introduction that outlines my current thinking, I advance the premise that the inverse of traditional Western philosophical understanding, that is, that the concept of divinity as uniquely created through human culture denotes the specific unique status of humanity, and is sustainable in light of contemporary…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0bec0dd37fdc82d75746e636904a18a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787584/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:38:25 -0400 After a general philosophical introduction that outlines my current thinking, I advance the premise that the inverse of traditional Western philosophical understanding, that is, that the concept of divinity as uniquely created through human culture denotes the specific unique status of humanity, and is sustainable in light of contemporary…[Read more]

]]> 0 9988fac486a8d6cd508ec96b5c3a546c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1778934/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:23:54 -0400 This essay is a précis (for which I take full responsibility) of Chapters One and Two of Leslie
Dewart’s seminal book consisting of Nine Chapters. The perspective he presented here, to my
mind, sets a fresh intellectual trajectory for philosophical contemplation. Written towards the
end of the 20th century the book is not an easy read, bu…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7426b9052aa8af86dd7fc480445c173 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1778933/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:23:51 -0400 This essay is a précis (for which I take full responsibility) of Chapters One and Two of Leslie
Dewart’s seminal book consisting of Nine Chapters. The perspective he presented here, to my
mind, sets a fresh intellectual trajectory for philosophical contemplation. Written towards the
end of the 20th century the book is not an easy read, bu…[Read more]

]]> 0 62d28669ea99169cfe9f1dd6d79f6e4a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1778932/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:23:38 -0400 This essay is a précis (for which I take full responsibility) of Chapters One and Two of Leslie
Dewart’s seminal book consisting of Nine Chapters. The perspective he presented here, to my
mind, sets a fresh intellectual trajectory for philosophical contemplation. Written towards the
end of the 20th century the book is not an easy read, bu…[Read more]

]]> 0 f627c5944f2628f17fb2da6658b2e691 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1778917/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 17:51:28 -0400 This essay is a précis (for which I take full responsibility) of Chapters One and Two of Leslie
Dewart’s seminal book consisting of Nine Chapters. The perspective he presented here, to my
mind, sets a fresh intellectual trajectory for philosophical contemplation. Written towards the
end of the 20th century the book is not an easy read, bu…[Read more]

]]> 0 1a20e51da90fb19615920dd89e7310bf https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1777672/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:23:57 -0400 In this short book, only an introductory and partial discussion can be undertaken respecting the issues distinguish between religious (philosophical) and secular (political) cultural values from a phenomenological point of view. Further, the ideas I consider here are not original. By and large they derive from a new interpretation of human…[Read more]

]]> 0 e3cbdeaf1a8c9f38e9790f9a0762003e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1777671/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:23:53 -0400 In this short book, only an introductory and partial discussion can be undertaken respecting the issues distinguish between religious (philosophical) and secular (political) cultural values from a phenomenological point of view. Further, the ideas I consider here are not original. By and large they derive from a new interpretation of human…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ebb707e91d7fc75f8025d33efefd1c1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1777670/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:23:39 -0400 In this short book, only an introductory and partial discussion can be undertaken respecting the issues distinguish between religious (philosophical) and secular (political) cultural values from a phenomenological point of view. Further, the ideas I consider here are not original. By and large they derive from a new interpretation of human…[Read more]

]]> 0 b1c350a161657511c302fe40556aca9c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1777626/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:36:19 -0400 In this short book, only an introductory and partial discussion can be undertaken respecting the issues distinguish between religious (philosophical) and secular (political) cultural values from a phenomenological point of view. Further, the ideas I consider here are not original. By and large they derive from a new interpretation of human…[Read more]

]]> 0 1bd73a10224a47893dac1620a1be1da9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772661/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:26:13 -0500 This article concludes with the following observations. First, there is a demonstrable shift from monarchical government to democratic governance in the Church as a product of the evolution of ecclesial polity. But it must be acknowledged the secular polity is incompatible with divinely inspired government as is most evident from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c45daae02068e481edac13a8e24b4280 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772660/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:26:10 -0500 This article concludes with the following observations. First, there is a demonstrable shift from monarchical government to democratic governance in the Church as a product of the evolution of ecclesial polity. But it must be acknowledged the secular polity is incompatible with divinely inspired government as is most evident from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 40c36ec060ad63b4b86d49335ba9ff94 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772659/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:26:03 -0500 This article concludes with the following observations. First, there is a demonstrable shift from monarchical government to democratic governance in the Church as a product of the evolution of ecclesial polity. But it must be acknowledged the secular polity is incompatible with divinely inspired government as is most evident from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 20e92b411fd2c8e3e6369b8ecd3c866c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772614/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:25:11 -0500 This articles concludes with the following observations. First, there is a demonstrable shift from monarchical government to democratic governance in the Church as a product of the evolution of ecclesial polity. But it must be acknowledged the secular polity is incompatible with divinely inspired government as is most evident from a…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc561ac3dec4f871d351f20604646d5e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1771191/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:35:46 -0500 My intention in this brief monograph is to stimulate a re-assessment of laïcité by philosophers and theologians, particularly within the Anglophone academic world. Often the term is understood by Anglophones not quite as accurately as its French advocates intend. The translated texts are copied from the official French Government website, as i…[Read more]

]]> 0 f97318df596ab75ee4e80092ec2dff98 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1771190/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:35:44 -0500 My intention in this brief monograph is to stimulate a re-assessment of laïcité by philosophers and theologians, particularly within the Anglophone academic world. Often the term is understood by Anglophones not quite as accurately as its French advocates intend. The translated texts are copied from the official French Government website, as i…[Read more]

]]> 0 26decbd1f949af0ebcd2a804c8828167 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1771189/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:35:37 -0500 My intention in this brief monograph is to stimulate a re-assessment of laïcité by philosophers and theologians, particularly within the Anglophone academic world. Often the term is understood by Anglophones not quite as accurately as its French advocates intend. The translated texts are copied from the official French Government website, as i…[Read more]

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