Sentences with phrase «between pragmatism»

The debate in biodiversity conservation between economics and ethics, or between pragmatism and principle, is in many ways a misguided contest, one that assumes that there exists a deep philosophical division between environmental ethics and societal action.

There is a significant if fine line between pragmatism and buckling.

One of the challenges facing school leaders right now is striking the right balance between pragmatism to make sure that every class has a teacher, and ensuring the bar continues to be set as a high as it should be in terms of teaching quality.»

There is intrigue in the clash between pragmatism and superstition but that theme never becomes front and centre.

«The debate in biodiversity conservation between economics and ethics, or between pragmatism and principle, is in many ways a misguided contest, one that assumes that there exists a deep philosophical division between environmental ethics and societal action,» she wrote with her ASU colleague Ben Minteer, an environmental ethicist.

But tensions between pragmatism and idealism among abortion rights opponents continues.

Accordingly, James was able to say that the alternative between pragmatism and rationalism was «no longer a question in the theory of knowledge, it concerns the structure of the universe itself» (LWJ 124, emphasis in original).

Not exact matches

I was always going to grow up between the prairies and the Rockies; I was always going to feel like a baffling mix of pragmatism and mysticism; I was always going to show up in Tulsa ready to become who I really had wanted to be all along.

Both Bergson and Alexander influenced Alfred North Whitehead, whose scientific and philosophical genius created the major work in process thought, Process and Reality.39 There are close affinities between the process philosophers and American pragmatism.

Here we find the crucial distinction between Buber's dialogical philosophy and pragmatism, which resembles it in a number of other ways.

Second, we shall distinguish and evaluate the contrast between Kaplan's naturalistic pragmatism and Whitehead's «naturalistic idealism» (CNT 136).

To hypothesize how they would answer these objections requires us to distinguish between their respective approaches — namely, Whitehead's naturalistic idealism and Kaplan's naturalistic pragmatism.

I recount them also because they speak to the central themes of Dr. Kaufman's very fine analysis of the relation between Kaplan's pragmatism and process theology.

Among the various longer - range challenges facing church music in the «90s, four seem to be occupying center stage: the challenge of providing church musicians in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of parishes throughout the land in almost every denomination; the continued search for musical roots in many denominations; the ongoing debate between those advocating the worship and musical tradition of the church catholic and those advocating a variety of trendy fads; and the impact of pragmatism and consumerism in determining worship practice and musical style and substance.

So there is always a certain amount of pragmatism needed when designing such studies — there is always a tension between keeping the situation as real to life as possible and maintaining a good level of scientific rigour.

This functionality is the result of pragmatism from the manager, whose introduction of Casemiro to midfield has allowed for a more stable side with fewer holes between defence and attack.

At the time, the SPD had managed to find the right balance between its own political autonomy and participation in the grand coalition, acquiring a reputation for pragmatism and responsibility.

This leadership election is, again, a battle between idealism and pragmatism, principle and power.

Though the resonance will cause politicos to salivate at the play's incisive analysis, director Roger Michell's elegant adaptation at the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage is also a fine comment on personal tragedy, historical relations between the sexes and the nature of pragmatism.

There is a pragmatism within the new parliamentary party but underlying that patience is a steely resolve to see a new relationship between Britain and the EU: one in which, as Mr Cameron said in his Mansion House speech, powers ebb back to Britain rather than flow away.»

The partnership brought together two parties with distinct constitutional philosophies, and entailed a trade - off between principle and pragmatism which saw the latter's electoral evisceration.

The formation of the Coalition brought together two parties with distinct constitutional philosophies, and entailed a trade - off between principle and pragmatism.

While party insiders, perhaps wary of offending the progressive base, have largely framed the race as one between Clinton's pragmatism and Sanders well - meaning idealism, Sanders supporters have launched a sustained assault on Clinton's record and character.

The truth probably lies somewhere between Shakespeare's poetry and Darwin's pragmatism.

He's an idealist set against the pragmatism of the WaPo board of directors, with Streep stuck in between.

This certainly isn't a valid reason to plop down $ 60 for the privilege of experiencing its unbelievable pratfalls, but as someone who has adored the series for over twenty years, Final Fantasy XV represents a chaotic struggle between ambition and pragmatism.

The terse staccato of his language — rushing between noir wise guys, Burma Shave teasers, Punk rants, Lenny Bruce riffs and Zen smack downs — is a mad imploded sampler of rage, denial and brutal pragmatism.»

Partying meets pragmatism in an enjoyable new exhibition exploring the exchange of ideas between pop artists with the bold, playful designers of the day, writes Rowan Moore

He balanced a Utopian philosophy with a technical pragmatism and was known for creating works that drew on chance encounters between ideas, the object and the public.

This physical interface between myth and reality (or sentimentality and pragmatism) enthralls me.

The next failure to compromise came in the fight over adding a «safety valve» provision to limit unanticipated high costs from greenhouse gas restrictions, something Joe Romm and many others rejected out of hand at the time, even though Romm last year (around minute 37 in this videotaped panel discussion) noted the need for pragmatism to get things started: «The game changer for the world isn't between no price for carbon and a high price.

And it was only ever a clash between two groups of environmentalists — rather than criticism from without — that would finally expose the tendency of «pragmatism» to produce its own crises.

However, there is pragmatism in operation — in pursuit of harmonisation — because legal and judicial standards between EU member states are bound to vary.

This pragmatism applies equally to a supply agreement between two businesses and to a trade deal between the United States and Europe.