Beyond Relativism and Foundationalism: A Prolegomenon to Future Research in Ethics
Abstract. This article examines the similarities between notions about the nature of reality held by some Christian mystics (Thomas Merton and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing) and those proposed by physicists David Bohm and Henry Margenau. My aim is to consider how the implications of certain m...
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Year: 1994, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-172 |
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