Sentences with phrase «assumption into question»

Furthermore, test - based accountability is built on the assumption that test results are reliable proxies for success later in life, but research has called that assumption into question.

But a pair of recent papers throw that long - held assumption into question.

Although Target previously stated the breach wouldn't compromise card holders» accounts, the dramatic rise in the number of people affected called that assumption into question.

Calling the mayor's forecasting assumptions into question, Mulgrew said, «Why would anyone believe these numbers?

Looking at the adjustments, it seemed odd that they implied improving station location quality and reduced warming bias in the measurements, despite Anthony Watts work calling both assumptions into question.

The ensuing decline in yieldco stock prices created increased dilution risk and brought growth assumptions into question at U.S. solar companies.

From «adjustment» of data, control of research opportunities and publication venues, circular reasoning to refusal to even discuss the critical features of numerous photographs that call common theoretical assumptions into question.

Not exact matches

NATO has once again come under fire, as Donald Trump has called into question the basic assumption underlying the military alliance.

But as cord - cutting has eaten into the traditional grip that sports had on the TV business, the assumptions behind those valuations are coming into question.

And it would not be until they questioned their own most basic assumptions about «the way Magellan's was managed» — the company's dependence on them, the heroic - leader model they'd brought into the company from day one — that they would have a shot at doing what few founders can when the wall confronts them: getting through it.

For savers, this circumstance could mean that the whole set of assumptions embodied in retirement income plans are called into question.

Unquestionably, this is a serious and important debate — one that calls the ultimate assumptions of the American regime into question.

The easy assumption that one's own provincial commitments are the standard by which everyone's values should be judged is called into question.

The formulation of the question already had theological assumptions built into it.

Such diversity also calls into question the widespread assumption that disagreements on abortion inside the Christian community stem from theological differences.

It says the assumption of radiometric decay has come into question.

The «grand narrative» implied by these assumptions is called into question.

The fact that many of the assumptions fundamental to Whitehead's starting point in human experience were thrown into question by those undertaking this revolution is the main reason, I think, for the subsequent neglect of his philosophy in the English - speaking world.

But since the Holocaust, this assumption has been called into question.

When these and similar assumptions are not met, we may even begin to call God into question.

The «overwhelming evidence for naturalistic evolution» no longer overwhelms when the naturalistic worldview is itself called into question, and that worldview is as problematical as any other set of metaphysical assumptions when it is placed on the table for examination rather than being taken for granted as «the way we think today.»

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

The repetitions of everyday experiences lead him to forget this assumption, and then he inquires into an intention behind events only when it is a question of occurrences out of the ordinary, which are for him «wonderful,» «miraculous.»

Or one may interrogate the faith in the sense of throwing the faith into question, on the assumption that it must conform to our answers.

If it is indeed the case that absent theistic assumptions, the scientific enterprise can ultimately be called into question, then by embracing naturalism, these biologists are effectually sawing off the branch upon which they are currently sitting.

Recent research in cognitive psychology and communication studies have called into question many of the assumptions on which modern education has been based.

It subsumed it within a broader perspective; one that called into question certain metaphysical assumptions inherent in the Newtonian universe.

With nationalist and anticolonial movements, however, these assumptions came into question.

Whitehead does not yet want to call into question the common sense assumption that the world is an actual unity: «we... endeavor to imagine the world as one connected set of things which underlies all the perceptions of other, unrelinquishable references to the world (such as sense perception»).

On the other hand, postmodern interpretations of the human self, language, and textuality, while often couched in nonreligious terms, call into question many assumptions of critical exegesis and suggest sympathy with the themes and sensibilities of the premodern Christian tradition.

She's right; it really doesn't have to be that way (and the idea of going into a marriage with «a lot of intent and questioning your own assumptions» is exactly what Susan Pease Gadoua and I are writing about in The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Cynics, Commitaphobes and Connubial DIYers).

But if you pay attention and go into with a lot of intent and questioning your own assumptions about why you're supposed to do anything... it just doesn't have to be that way.

It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from «doing to» to «working with» parenting — including how to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy, caring, responsible people.

In a series of experiments, the investigators showed participants photographs of celebrities and non-celebrities who were smiling or inexpressive, and their results call into question common assumptions about what makes someone cool.

But those studies separated out the effects of natural variability using relatively simple statistical techniques, and many researchers questioned the assumptions that went into them.

However, it calls into question the assumption that improved storage alone can lead to reduced carbon emissions by boosting renewable energy innovation.

If anything, the Hodder excavation has only deepened the mystery by calling into question the assumption that the decision to settle was triggered by the emergence of agriculture.

«The plan that has been sent over to Congress has a great many loose ends and unexamined assumptions that call its credibility into question,» stated Gordon.

«Now we have observational data to show the conditions have been changing through time, so assumptions about the future are being brought into question.»

The discovery is important for reasons beyond the city's age — it throws into question many assumptions on which a great deal of archaeological work is based, because the inhabitants of Caral built a social and political structure, not to mention monumental architecture, without the trappings of writing, metallurgy, or ceramics.

But two new studies raise questions about the accuracy of both those assumptions and suggest that the flow into STEM fields is more of a two - way street than a leaky pipeline.

These findings call into question the assumption that more information is all people need in order to make better decisions:

This new study calls into question those assumptions.

This picture of early human domination of much of the planet calls into question some common environmental assumptions, says co-author Dorian Fuller of University College London.

The authors» findings call into question one classic assumption in the field of collective behavior: that individuals within a herd all behave similarly.

And because the galaxy it was discovered in was fairly typical in size, the study calls into question previous assumptions on the development of galaxies.

«It clearly took a while after that primordial explosion for clouds of gas to congeal into a form dense enough for stars and quasars to ignite, and the Sky Survey is already prompting astronomers to question some of the assumptions about how that process unfolded [i.e, the big bang theory].»

For Chakrabortee, the unbiased screen has called into question the fundamental assumptions surrounding prions.

Instead, they call into question that old assumption that these birds don't suffer harm.

Critics are now calling into question the veracity of the study, claiming it is filled with flawed assumptions.