Sentences with phrase «as challenging the notion»

These eight works reveal the vast range of materials and processes used by contemporary designers as they challenge our notions of what design can be through the enduring form of the chair.

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The notion of the human individual as a rational, self - legislating being has been challenged as an affront to the human connection both with history and with nature.

Ironically, Plato's dialogues, intended as a challenge to the notion that paideia would be accomplished by ways of conveying information, were themselves included in the mass of information conveyed in the name of teaching knowledge of the Good.

Wilson's notion of the connectedness of things and their ultimate unity, as well as the enormous intellectual challenge of formulating consilience, feeds his «religious hunger.»

Yet so entrenched is the concept of religion as belief in authoritative, ready - made doctrines that when that notion is challenged the whole edifice of religion may be rejected, as in traditional naturalistic humanism or the more bizarre «radical theologies» currently in vogue.

And the role of selfishness needs also to be clearly addressed as well as the notion that choosing the morally right thing to do may not only be challenging but also may require heroism on the part of the woman.

American dominance and isolation and perfect security ended with the launching of Sputnik and the rise of a third world with its commitment to neutrality rather than to either communist or capitalist ideologies, and it challenged your notion and mine of this country's manifest destiny to be the city on the hill, the new Eden, the covenanted people — as never before in U.S. history.

As with cannibalism we are confronted with the most direct challenge to basic notions about the dignity of the human form.

Ever since the scientific revolution and the age of reason began to dominate the intellectual life of the West there have been important thinkers who have challenged as unscientific and irrational both the idea of God and the notion of revelation.

Professors and classmates who challenge them to think in new ways or who critique their preformed notions of truth are often dismissed as less than Christian.

After all, if we «swallow the camel» by not challenging the notion that unplanned natural forces gave rise to all living things, starting from nothing but nonliving chemicals, and «strain out the gnat» of man's consciousness as the sole exception to an otherwise completely natural explanation, are we not allowing religious beliefs to interfere with scientific explanation?

The above understanding of motion as a non-continuous event accords neatly with Brian Greene's claim that «it» (i.e. what he has just written) «forcefully challenges» the notion that the fabric of space and time is continuous.

As one of the leading providers of dispensing equipment to bars and restaurants nationwide, Wunder - Bar has a unique challenge to overcome: dispelling the notion that high quality means high cost.

The notion of a global education that considers globalization, its impacts, its promises and its challenges as its main subject matter — remains seriously underdeveloped; there are two principle issues that should first be confronted.

This could provide the foundations to build a notion of the North as a coherent and meaningful political space — and is perhaps one of the greatest challenges ahead.

In partnership with one of the most advanced digital societies, Estonia, the research also focuses on the country's pioneering initiatives, such as «e-residency», an initiative which challenges traditional notions of residency, citizenship and territoriality.

In other words, plurinationalism challenges the equation of state and nation, moving beyond notions of the nation as an identitarian, territorial and institutional superstructure that organizes and complements the state.

Others felt reinstituting turning privileges will create new conflicts between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, or that the new clear lanes would just as quickly be filled with idling taxis and ride - hail drivers making pickups and drop - offs — a notion de Blasio challenged.

In the international system, states (as individuals in societies) are socialized into norms and security communities, where the notion of egoism is strongly challenged.

LG Kathy Hochul said she plans to run for re-election this year and dismissed the notion that she would instead challenge Republican Rep. Chris Collins as «political fodder of the chattering class,» but she refused to say whether the governor has actually asked her to be his running mate again.

Trolls are marking her «factual feminist» videos — debunking myths like the «wage gap» and challenging the notion that video games are sexist — as «objectionable.»

The book challenges the notion that socio - economic rights are not legally enforceable human rights, and sets out the trends in the justiciability of the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy enshrined in Chapter II of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended).

«Our findings have challenged the notion of the aggregation process as a passive consequence of accumulating misfolded proteins,» says Stowers Investigator Rong Li, Ph.D., who led the study.

Hartl and Horwich challenged the widely held notion put forth by Nobel Prize winner Christian Anfinsen that proteins fold spontaneously in cells, just as they do in test tubes.

I typically think of summer as the season of Anthropologie dresses but they're working to challenge that notion.

I suppose this journey will never completely end as I continue to challenge my preconceived notions, my fears, and the well - meaning but misdirected advice from others.

Just as Jackson Pollock stretched the definition of painting and broke away from previous conventions, Malick is challenging the mainstream notion which defines film and more importantly, he offers a comfort to our suffering.

The movie makes smart use of that record as translated by Krakauer, cutting back and forth in time, embedding stories within one another, and so challenging common notions of subjectivity and identity.

It's a survival tale at its core, only less about resourcefulness and perseverance than it is about how desperate circumstances challenge our moral compass and our belief systems — such as notions of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and trust.

The only thing I can console myself is the notion that maybe this was a challenge made to himself, to rush a film in record time and feel his way through it in the editing process as a counter to his laborious practice.

Indeed, the notion of these documentaries as belonging to a particular genre is challenged the most by French and Japanese films that borrow narrative techniques from their coinciding «new waves.»

It's almost inconceivable that an American debut this defiantly odd — one clearly conceived as a challenge to notions of «good taste» — could be produced at this budget - level, with this cast, in 2016.

Hopefully her charming performance as Annie in her tweens helps to dispel this notion and gives her some more challenging work.

One is the notion that it's easier to feign retardation to the non-challenged than it is to the challenged; and the other is that, in taking Barker's «Jeffy» at face value, there's actually less offense in this broad play for sentimental, slapstick chuckles than in the Oscar - winning / aspiring pieces (Forrest Gump, I Am Sam, Rain Man) Steve uses as research.

The film challenges notions of right and wrong, what is just and what is legal, particularly when it comes to the motives of the town ambitious District Attorney, Danny Buck Davidson, as well as both celebrating and exploding stereotypes of small - town life.

As with many notions that challenge the educational status quo, this one can be traced to Paul Hill, the protean researcher at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).

Your learners probably think revision is the last stage of a study programme before exams — this resource will challenge that notion by encouraging them to build in small scale revision activities every week from the start of an academic year and embed good revision habits as part of a continuous study plan.

As recent news coverage on the topic of injunctions has revealed, Web 2.0 and social networking sites are challenging traditional notions of privacy and security in cyberspace.

The results of a University of Utah study of first - time pregnancies among white women in Utah challenge the notion that teenagers who receive adequate prenatal care will have as good or better chances of giving birth to a healthy baby as older women.

In teaching students how to persevere and overcome adversity, Lori encourages students to embrace learning as a tool for personal advancement by moving students beyond preconceived notions, challenging assumptions about the world as well as its citizenry and preparing students for entrance into a global community.

But as previous attempts to correct the imbalance have failed to keep up with population shifts, the district's leaders and many parents are challenging the notion that the law, which was passed in 1969, is even relevant today.

Her work has challenged traditional notions of self - publishing as a last resort for the untalented — and revealed how the processes of self - publishing can benefit a range of different content providers, according to their desired outcomes.

It challenges the notion that YA is focused on the experience of adolescence as seen through the lens of one certain character.

Almost since the death of Shakespeare in 1616, some skeptics and critics have continued to raise what has become known as «the authorship question,» a challenge to the notion that the lightly educated man from Stratford could actually have written...

While the world knew him as a great story teller who challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us — and entertained us all while doing so — his wife Sherri, daughter Taylor, son John Michael, family and friends knew Michael Crichton as a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes.

Topics in neuroethics fall at the intersection of neuroscience, ethics, and society, exploring the questions that arise as innovations in neuroscience challenge notions about free will, autonomy, the nature of disease, the mind, and what it means to be human.

As much as I tend to see myself as a well - versed traveler (after scooting all through Europe and much of Asia), Santa Teresa in Costa Rica took many of my preconceived notions and challenged them.&raquAs much as I tend to see myself as a well - versed traveler (after scooting all through Europe and much of Asia), Santa Teresa in Costa Rica took many of my preconceived notions and challenged them.&raquas I tend to see myself as a well - versed traveler (after scooting all through Europe and much of Asia), Santa Teresa in Costa Rica took many of my preconceived notions and challenged them.&raquas a well - versed traveler (after scooting all through Europe and much of Asia), Santa Teresa in Costa Rica took many of my preconceived notions and challenged them.»

In an epoch when older painters tended to work for forty years exploring the same image, Wool blew willy - nilly through different images, often concurrently, challenging traditional notions about artist identity and branding and paint handling as well as the Modernist notion of progress.

Ranging from emerging to well - established, these artists challenge an all - too - simplistic notion of colorless «neutrality» as they reveal the variegated spectrum of black, white, gray, and everything in between.

By opening up her studio to the public and being present to interact with museum goers, Dawn challenges the notion of an artist's creative space as an insular and private environment accessible to a select few from the art world.