Sentences with phrase «attempt at an argument»

They allowed the 3DS argument when they mentioned Vita, thus they failed at their own attempt at an argument.

Not exact matches

By the way, just to dissect your pathetic attempt at making an argument by mere numerical coincidence.

All religious attempts at rational arguments must instead use dishonest forms of argumentation due to that total lack of evidence.

First he attempted to apply a logical argument, whose history extends back at least as far as Cicero's On Divination.4 According to this view, contingency (chance) and foreknowledge (fate) are contradictory assertions because a contingent event, being unnecessitated, can not be known until it occurs.

Any of these words, especially if accentuated with CAPS is a certain giveaway to the, at best wobbly argument the commenter is attempting to cram down your throat hole.

At the risk of oversimplification, then, it seems necessary to attempt a brief summary of the basic arguments we must grasp before we can understand critically the relations between sacredness and everyday life.

The angry Muslim confronted the merchant, who denied the charge; but as more and more people became involved in the argument, the Muslims of Bauchi came to suspect, not an indiscreet merchant's attempts at corner - cutting, but rather a deliberate affront to their faith» the sort of affront that would not happen if Nigeria were governed by Islamic law.

Even so, he attempts to show that there is indeed such a third class of terms by way of what at least appear to be two lines of argument.

Are you guys really still using the «747» for your silly attempt at «it's too complex for mere chance» argument?

Attempts have often been made to show that this man never lived, that he is entirely the product of early Christian imagination, but these attempts have at no time succeeded in convincing more than a few, and it is inconceivable that they would ever convince the Christian, for the event whose historicity is to him more than the conclusion of an argument but is witnessed to by his own being as a Christian — this event includes the appearance in history of tAttempts have often been made to show that this man never lived, that he is entirely the product of early Christian imagination, but these attempts have at no time succeeded in convincing more than a few, and it is inconceivable that they would ever convince the Christian, for the event whose historicity is to him more than the conclusion of an argument but is witnessed to by his own being as a Christian — this event includes the appearance in history of tattempts have at no time succeeded in convincing more than a few, and it is inconceivable that they would ever convince the Christian, for the event whose historicity is to him more than the conclusion of an argument but is witnessed to by his own being as a Christian — this event includes the appearance in history of this man.

Any attempt at applying «logic» to explain the bible by people who are believers and still think of themselves as rather intelligent (self - delusion is a symptom / cause of religious belief) always ends up in ridiculous arguments...

How again does your point engender itself to the attempt at a faith based argument which is the whole point of this post?

As irksome as Kettle's argument is, it is merely insipid; more troubling are the attempts of some Christians to rationalize this catastrophe in ways that, however inadvertently, make that argument all at once seem profound.

In my paper on Anselm, an attempt was made, not only to spell out the full vocabulary needed for stating the — or at least a — ontological argument, but also to list in full the premises needed.

Take a look at the video and let us know whether the supporter makes a convincing argument for Mourinho to stick around, or whether the interviewer's feeble attempts to advocate the case of Carlo Ancelotti actually hold some ground.

And most attempts at discipline turn into arguments or fighting matches.

An Albany appeals court will hear arguments this week over an attempt by one of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's adversaries to get a peek at his private e-mails.

Fox urged House Democrats to oppose GOP amendments aimed at closing that loophole, but made no attempt to directly refute Republican arguments about the flood of «back door» money flowing through state political parties to candidates.

The administration's fairly recent attempts to smooth relations with the sector have made FES» argument — often blared through speakers at rallies — that de Blasio wants to close charter schools ring hollow.

Her parents had been in the midst of a violent argument at the time, and the little girl was too young to understand the consequences of her innocent attempt to intervene with the pistol that had fallen right in front of her.

Third, the forces manipulating him have such seemingly unlimited power that each and every attempt he makes to fight back ends up sounding and looking like an argument against a brick wall (He's neither good at the assignment nor a quick learner).

The administration's fairly recent attempts to smooth relations with the sector have made FES» argument — often blared through speakers at rallies — that de Blasio wants to close charter schools ring hollow.

One teacher said that his first attempt at repairing relations after a fight between students ended with the argument spreading to both sets of the students» parents.

Under less friendly questioning than earlier in the day, Deasy responded in detail to questions posed by Jim Finberg, attorney for the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), who attempted to chip away at the argument that the current tenure and dismissal statutes hurt students, and that removing ineffective teachers is quite possible now.

Maybe if the «editor in chief» shut his mouth for 2 minutes and read the comments he would notice that not a single one of his «argument» hold up and that they have all been clearly (Maybe not in the simplest of words) deconstructed including his sad attempts at «debating».

In states where Amazon has lost the sales tax argument at the hands of lawmakers who are eagerly trying to make up for revenue lost in the recent economic downturn, the online giant has attempted to make amends with legislatures by investing in jobs and distribution centers in return for coming to a consensus on the issue.

The attorney for PHEAA said, «As you know a lot of Courts attempted to pursue undue hardship and find undue hardship in order to get at a partial discharge, and that's a tendency that has to be resisted, and it has to be resisted in this case because the debtor has to meet each and every one of the prongs in order to first find undue hardship and so, you know, we can understand why Judge Radcliffe may have gone to accept the Debtor's argument.»

Through many hours of deliberation, four arguments and an attempted murder, we have finally arrived at our decisions.

Even for raid loot, where you have a very limited number of attempts per month, I don't think that argument would hold, because you can't purchase additional chances at getting the loot; even if you have $ 15000 burning a hole in your pocket, you still can only spend $ 15 per month to play the game, including the 4 attempts in a month to get raid loot.

The struggle for power is often a battle for the prerogative of interpretation and an attempt at the same time to silence the opposition by argument or force.

At least Killian has attempted to make a detailed argument for his position, but you have not.

The bogus argument attempting to convert the fact that 1998 was an exceptionally warm El Nino year into a claim that the earth's atmosphere has not warmed for 16 years falls to bits if you look at the last 15 years.

It is just another attempt at framing the argument, based on the common perception that «He who frames the argument has already won.»

I've posted this argument at WUWT April 2, Climateetc Oct 19, and wmbriggs Oct 22 Thank you for allowing me to attempt to rephase the argument here.

I shall ignore the troll for the reason you state and, anyway, all his / her / its / their posts are attempts at distraction from reasoned argument.

This was not an issue, and does not distract from their argument, but a point worth keeping in mind when attempting to dissect the dynamics at play.

The argument that Climategate is some kind of attempt at character assassination backfires: Jones committed character suicide.

It should cause George to stop, not to turn around and shout at his own team, screaming, «you've got the science wrong, idiots», but instead to attempt to understand why he once found the arguments against nuclear so compelling.

«Stadium wave arguments» provide nothing more than phenomenological indications based upon the temporal relationships of certain indices; they constitute an attempt at physics - free geophysics.

I do not know whether to laugh out loud at the inanity of your suggestion or accuse you of slander in what appears like an attempt to fabricate a strawman argument.

To the extent AGW advocates attempt to mis - characterize the arguments of Meyer, and other such skeptics, as being directed at classical CO2 theory (when it is clearly not), I'm afraid that very much does call their own credibility into question, however!

This blog has pointed out, however, that environmentalism is at least as much an attempt to circumnavigate problems of democratic legitimacy as it is a response to environmental problems — that it is easier to take moral authority from scientific experts than it is to elicit from the governed the consent to govern in lieu of a convincing argument.

These are clearly attempts at «arguments from authority», and like most such attempts, are fallacious and, indeed, misleading.

Can you look at their numbers?Wackos Grasping At Straws In their attempts to make a case against the science of climate change, the far - right has seized on the argument that «humans are CO2 factories.&raquat their numbers?Wackos Grasping At Straws In their attempts to make a case against the science of climate change, the far - right has seized on the argument that «humans are CO2 factories.&raquAt Straws In their attempts to make a case against the science of climate change, the far - right has seized on the argument that «humans are CO2 factories.»

The argument that attribution by GCM and other «evidence» is independent is bizarre if you view GCMs as our attempt at encoding the best of our understanding of the climate system and its processes.

In a subsequent post, In Favor of Lawyer Exceptionalism, Bennett takes issue with Josh King's «No blood, no foul» argument with regard to consumers and King's statement that lawyer advertising rules are a vestigial «attempt at lawyer exceptionalism.»

Judicial attempts at deciding a properly prepared and evidentially backed claim with professional argument from both sides had faltered, thanks to the banks» insistence on settling post defence in full or under compromise agreement or absenting themselves from the allocation or final hearing.

Fielding represents a cautionary tale for any counsel attempting to make a 50 - 50 NDI spousal support argument, and Jackson affirms that you can lose at trial even if you don't show up.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

Further, at no point were arguments made to the Federal Court with respect to the prematurity of ACJ Douglas's application or with respect to her failure «to attempt, let alone exhaust, any remedies that might have been sought before the Committee or later in the process» (para. 9 (d)-RRB-.