At various points, and in different writings, John McDowell recognizes that he is liable to be regarded as a kind of idealist. Thus in Mind and World he imagines someone asking him: Why should we be so sure of our capacity to comprehend the world if not because we conceive the world as a shadow or reflection of our thinking? (1994: 40) And in similar vein, in the Woodbridge Lectures, he anticip...

Developmental ideas and models concerning family life have been disseminated widely around the world where they have become forces for both ideational and behavioral change. In this paper, we examine the ways in which ideas about marriage have been influenced by these ideas of development in Nepal, where, for centuries, young age at marriage, arranged marriage, and polygamy have been common pra...

This paper argues that idealism can offer a new solution to the problem of relating “static” presence things eternity and “dynamic” passage reality in temporal realm. I first presentation this using dispute between Aquinas Scotus, then describe “ontological about time,” as smaller–scale idealism, show how it resolves original problem. conclude by demonstrating view is consonant with recent emph...

This article examines a half-century of trends in family attitudes and beliefs the United States, including toward gender, marriage, childbearing, cohabitation, sex outside divorce, same-sex relations. These are viewed through lens developmental idealism. We also describe how idealism framework applies to Western contexts generally States specifically. trace from 1960s 2018 using four data sour...