Sentences with phrase «argument at face»

But let's take the green argument at face value.

But let's take his argument at face value - that, if you share the stage with someone, you're lending them your credibility.

Julian Glover's assumption that senior Tories might well benefit from improved clarity as to their intentions might result in an ideological war that Labour may think it can capitalise on (by taking the Coalition's necessity argument at face value, Labour will be able to uphold the seemingly reasonable position - that there are no social democratic ends by stateless means.)

But, R.C. has the courtesy of taking their arguments at face value and dismantling them.

If it were only Martin Rees or Alan Johnson saying it, it would be easier to take their arguments at face value.

We could take their arguments at face value, of course.

We need people speaking from knowledge and expertise to begin to shift that big portion of the public who take denialist arguments at face value.

and possibly accurate, but always consider the source and the study techniques of research before accepting findings and arguments at face value.

Not exact matches

Gaining perspective is the most fundamental aspect of progression; and because I'm a huge nerd at heart, I believe reading full - fledged books (with sound arguments and universal wisdom) is one of the best ways to combat the wealth of digital misinformation we're faced with today.

But even this argument is steadily being undercut by research showing that women face unique hurdles at the negotiating table — hurdles that are associated with sexism and gender expectations.

Bayer said in a statement that it doesn't control the cost for patients at the pharmacy, because copays are determined by insurers and pharmacy - benefit managers — an argument that pharmaceuticals companies have long made when facing criticism over drug prices.

The systematic claims of a philosophical argument must be taken at face value and judged on the basis of rational examination.

When I face arguments which confidently tell me that all must (metaphysically must) be for the best and then look at the incidence of evil in the world, my sympathies are with Voltaire in caricaturing the Leibnizian Dr. Pangloss.

that is, «The world is thus [italics mine] faced by the paradox that, at least in its highest actualities, it craves for novelty and yet is haunted by terror at the loss of the past, with its familiarities and its loved ones,» refers, because of the use of the word thus, to a previous argument that provides the grounds on which Whitehead bases his assertion that the world requires both novelty and order.

It is a child, not a fetus and we can all yell at each other in the face until we are blue... well I can't... but arguments on both sides are just too ingrained.

At face value, these items seem to punctuate the argument in favor of Christian Privilege existing as a visible, tangible construct in American society.

At best my argument has shown that certain problems can be solved while accepting perception more nearly at face value than Whitehead did in his later theorAt best my argument has shown that certain problems can be solved while accepting perception more nearly at face value than Whitehead did in his later theorat face value than Whitehead did in his later theory.

The Church faces the task of making the more difficult and nuanced argument that the Catholic conscience should be respected on particular occasions, when the extent of the co-operation and the gravity of the moral issue at stake are such that forcing co-operation would be unacceptable.

In the Christian Evidence Society's «Drawbridge Lecture» in November, hosted at King's College, London, Professor Alister McGrath delivered a forthright argument entitled The Rationality of Faith,» in the face of recent years» attacks by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, amongst others, the advocates of the so - called «New Atheism.»

For in the face of what appeared at the time (1929) to be the radical nature of Russell's views about sex and marriage, some of his most important arguments were, I think, misinterpreted and overlooked.

Systems of belief and their supporting arguments are not taken at face value, but instead analysed as rationalisations for oppression and existing power structures, or as manifestations of psychological impulses.

The reason I ask you to face the realities of your argument here is because I'm hoping that you'll take a close look at the logical and ethical inconsistencies of your own position, and learn something about yourself from that close look.

In the face of high levels of contradictory evidence regarding the effectiveness of high fat vs. low fat diets, Dr Carrie Ruxton RD looks at claims supporting both arguments and poses the question «where to next?»

With Arsenal taking a 4 - 1 win to Russia in the Europa League this week, even the fact that CSKA Moscow are a tougher team to face on their own turf, the feeling is that the tie is abut over, so with the Gunners also now in touching distance of Chelsea in the fifth Premier League place, there is an argument that Arsene Wenger should have one eye on our EPL game at the weekend.

The eminently sensible and correct thing to do whenever this argument rolls around is to compare the consequences of being spat at to a leg - breaking challenge, and then note that having to clean one's face is certainly preferable to having to reknit one's bones.

It boils down to this, if we only buy in one key player per season we are NEVER going to be able to compete with the elite clubs and despite there being a few good points in your argument above its worth noting that only 11 million was spent last summer when it was as clear as the noses on anyones face that we needed a better spine up the middle of the pitch, AW has offered and given Theo a new contract at twice the wages he was on and he is without doubt the highest paid flop in the team.

The number of voters who don't know enough to form an opinion about the GOP trio ranges from 76 percent (for Turner, who has made name recognition — at least in NYC — a key argument of why he's the best candidate to face off against Gillibrand) to 84 percent (Maragos and Long).

If you take at face value the argument that his claims were «bluster», the implications are still worrying.

Cuts are coming at a time when local government faces flat revenues: «We must also consider demographic demand - we do not need to go into the familiar argument of what an ageing population means - and the fact that recession leads to income being constrained from things such as tourism, and car parking and planning charges.

Some of the most effective propaganda at the time — you may remember [former Ukip leader Nigel] Farage's advertisements — were queues of dark - faced people, and that was an argument about immigration being prevented.

Katko and Hanna said they looked forward to making their arguments about the importance of Fort Drum in face - to - face meetings at Thursday night's reception welcoming top Army officials at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton.

The latest — and making a serious argument for being the greatest — work of 83 - year - old non-fiction veteran Frederick Wiseman, the four - hour epic peeks at every possible facet of the University Of California Berkeley, a great public university facing increasing funding challenges.

Taken at face value, The Post is simply an earnest argument about lots of timely things.

At argument, counsel for respondent seemed to agree that if a teacher in any of the thousands of covered classrooms in the Nation puts a happy face, a gold star, or a disapproving remark on a classroom assignment, federal law does not allow other students to see it.

The love of books — of holding a book, turning its pages, and looking at its pictures — isn't a very potent argument for funding new books in the face of current budget restrictions.

At least in some cases, and especially in the instance of Sir Dan Moynihan of Harris - with its unblemished record of good or outstanding Ofsted reports and its at - face - value impressive performance in league tables - the argument can go along the lines of «they're worth it»At least in some cases, and especially in the instance of Sir Dan Moynihan of Harris - with its unblemished record of good or outstanding Ofsted reports and its at - face - value impressive performance in league tables - the argument can go along the lines of «they're worth it»at - face - value impressive performance in league tables - the argument can go along the lines of «they're worth it».

It's hard for people to make the argument that your dog is vicious when they're faced with a peaceful, gentle pet in an obedient heel or down - stay at your feet.

I would not have wished to face half the arguments over the Sublime at the Cedar Bar.

«Changing their line of argument in the face of this new study» would seem highly premature at best.

There are many points at which you are building a straw man argument, presumably inadvertently based on reading sources that are opposed to facing facts.

The more substantive problem with the argument, if we take it at face value, is it's own inability to understand the terms of the climate debate.

As the interpretation of infinity in economic climate models is essentially a debate about how to deal with the threat of extinction, Mr Weitzman's argument depends heavily on a judgement about the value of life... A lack of reliable data exacerbates the profound methodological and philosophical difficulties faced by climate change economists... The United Nations conference in Paris this December offers a chance to take appropriate steps to protect future generations from this risk... http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/07/climate-change (MOST COMMENTING ARE NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED)

If you don't want to live near a road, power station or wind farm, surely that's as good a reason as you need to challenge the argument for their construction near you — to ask why it was necessary, rather than take the claims that it is necessary at face value.

The report flies in the face of recent arguments by the U.S. and others at Durban that current pledges are adequate through 2020.

If we don't sometimes defer to the expert consensus, we'll systematically tend to go wrong in the face of one - way - hash arguments, at least outside our own necessarily limited domains of knowledge.

Randomly mentioning the stratosphere cooling is a far, far, FAR cry from even approaching the viscinity of a claim you believe the earth has trapped: for years — so much heat from the sun that the stratosphere stopped being warmed due to the thermal disconnect at the tropopause — that IS what Magic Gas's claim boils down to — that the lower atmosphere is somehow «hiding» such massive amounts of energy the fact you think it's credible on it's face is aNOTHer indicator which end of the global warming argument pool, you're at, Don.

I go to some lengths to explain what I mean, and that what is at issue is his intransigence, his refusal or inability to take arguments in front of him at face value, and his lack of self - awareness.

The truth is, everyone comes to the table with their own perspectives, and scientific advocacy at its simplest is an argument for what we should do in the face of scientific facts, Schmidt said.

Rather, the argument is that at least some people with disabilities will be excluded on this basis and that the inequality of outcome that applicants with disabilities face vis - à - vis the potential extra costs is discriminatory in and of itself.

The difficulty with that argument was, as the appeal judge accepted, virtually all appellate judges and many High Court judges are not at the aforesaid face.