Sentences with phrase «by science in particular»

The root of his bias is his «God of the gaps» approach to knowledge and the sentimental quest to «provide solace to those who feel their faith undermined by secular society and by science in particular».

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In particular He has created matter, which is simply controlled by His laws of nature (the laws we attempt to discover in the natural sciencesIn particular He has created matter, which is simply controlled by His laws of nature (the laws we attempt to discover in the natural sciencesin the natural sciences).

Moltmann's thoughts on the dangers of using the power of scientific knowledge without pondering beauty - and in particular on the dangers of the «economisation» of science in this century, in which scientific thought may only be valued generally in terms of its economic power - would be shared by many researchers in the UK.

You are religious you believe in a particular thing, Jesus that can't be proven by science.

In doing so this group is positively influenced by developments in contemporary philosophy and the social sciences that stress the impossibility of getting beyond particular languages to a reality of which they speaIn doing so this group is positively influenced by developments in contemporary philosophy and the social sciences that stress the impossibility of getting beyond particular languages to a reality of which they speain contemporary philosophy and the social sciences that stress the impossibility of getting beyond particular languages to a reality of which they speak.

The reversal of the fragmentation process of knowledge can be achieved only in an integrating idiom applicable to all of the more particular kinds of phenomena investigated by the sciences.

As being can never be studied as an independent object, the history of metaphysical thought can not be without implications for the history of being:» [E] very science goes through a process of historical development in which, although the fundamental or general problem remains unaltered, the particular form in which this problem presents itself changes from time to time; and the general problem never arises in its pure or abstract form, but always in the particular or concrete form, determined by the present state of knowledge or, in other words, by the development of thought hitherto.

A view held by many contemporary metaphysicians is that the problem of induction, so much discussed by philosophers of science, arises only because of mistaken metaphysical views; in particular views (deriving from Hume) about the nature of the causal relation and / or about the internal relations among different entities.1 Contrary to this view, I will try...

The natural sciences are in fact tightly bound up with a particular metaphysics, namely, the one developed by Rene Descartes.

The Christian Science Monitor: All politics is local, even the US election as seen by Kenyans Kenyans are closely watching the US presidential election, with two groups in particular rooting for each of the candidates.

For students of the history of science, this shameful incident is etched indelibly in their minds as an example of the bullying of science by those having an apparent stake in the upholding of a particular religious worldview.

At a conservative estimate, say 15 Sites per enzyme must be fixed to be filled by particular amino acids for proper biological function... [T] he probability of discovering this set by random shuffling is one in 1040,000, a number that exceeds by many powers of 10 the number of all atoms in the entire observable universe [Science News, Vol.

Equally dangerous to science, however, if not more so, are those naturalistic scientists who play essentially the same game as the creationists, i.e., seek to lend credibility to their particular worldview by attempting to clothe it in scientific garb.

In a universe where science ends by analyzing everything and taking everything apart, it simply expresses a particular characteristic applicable to every kind of body, like its mass, volume or any other dimension.

Each field — science, art, ethics, religion, and so forth — has a different task, and its approach must be judged by its usefulness in accomplishing its own particular functions.

I was reminded of this with particular poignancy a few days ago, when I read that the Japan Science and Technology Agency had awarded a grant of $ 3.4 million to a group of Japanese and American researchers in «evolutionary science and technology» for a project to be conducted at Monash University, the ultimate aim of which is to determine — based on models provided by Integrated Information Theory (IIT)-- whether it is possible to create «artificial consciousness.Science and Technology Agency had awarded a grant of $ 3.4 million to a group of Japanese and American researchers in «evolutionary science and technology» for a project to be conducted at Monash University, the ultimate aim of which is to determine — based on models provided by Integrated Information Theory (IIT)-- whether it is possible to create «artificial consciousness.science and technology» for a project to be conducted at Monash University, the ultimate aim of which is to determine — based on models provided by Integrated Information Theory (IIT)-- whether it is possible to create «artificial consciousness.»

When the astronomical revolution of the sixteenth century — in which the Italian philosophers of the Renaissance played a far more important role than historians of science admit — removed the universal cosmic clock, there were two alternative ways open to physics and philosophy of nature: either to retain the relational theory of time and to hold with Bruno (Bruno 1879, p. 144) that «there are as many times as there are the stars» (tot tempora quot astra), since there is no body possessing a privileged rotation motion, and the only body which allegedly had it — the sphere of the fixed stars — has been swept away; or to save the unity and homogeneity of time by separating it from any particular motion — and this is what Newton did, anticipated in this respect by Isaac Barrow and, in particular, Gassendi.

Of course the sense in which such words may be used to describe the various levels in the world will vary according to the particular level which is under consideration at any given time and by any particular science.

By then, his continual studies in theology, psychology, science and cosmology had led him to a more universal, inclusive kind of spiritual worldview and practice which he continues to develop, with particular interest in Christian views and spirituality.

McCrory in particular is renowned in the science community for discounting ideas and methodology proposed by new research groups, on the grounds that he once undertook similar investigations with far more primitive equipment and came up with nothing.

It's just I have found these people in particular that feel their own inadequacies so strongly that it compels them to prove their own self - worth by adhering to some set of arbitrary rules that they legitimize with trumped up science and a gang mentality.

A new study by a team of researchers from the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, sheds light on another, less well - known aspect of how these ecosystems, and forests in particular, can protect our planet against global warming.

A new study by Suzanne Baldwin, the Michael G. and Susan T. Thonis Professor of Earth Sciences, and Jayeshkumar Das, a research associate of Earth sciences, brings insight to how atmospheric noble gases, in particular argon and neon, cycle from the surface to the Earth's mantle, and back to the surface again.

«Previous projections, as summarised by IPCC, have not exaggerated but may in some respects even have underestimated the change, in particular for sea level,» conclude the scientists, writing in Science.

In his new position, he seeks to foster scholarship and teaching beyond the interdisciplinary science of astrobiology with particular emphases on the interface of science and religion, and using the full spectrum of creative expertise presented by the arts and humanities to visualize and communicate science and engineering.

By replacing early and late eggs in field experiments, the team found that by biasing the sex of the eggs and laying them in a particular order, the mother increased chick survival by 10 % to 20 % over chicks from eggs laid in no particular order, they report in the 11 January issue of SciencBy replacing early and late eggs in field experiments, the team found that by biasing the sex of the eggs and laying them in a particular order, the mother increased chick survival by 10 % to 20 % over chicks from eggs laid in no particular order, they report in the 11 January issue of Sciencby biasing the sex of the eggs and laying them in a particular order, the mother increased chick survival by 10 % to 20 % over chicks from eggs laid in no particular order, they report in the 11 January issue of Sciencby 10 % to 20 % over chicks from eggs laid in no particular order, they report in the 11 January issue of Science.

Liu said that in a separate paper that uses the same simulation, published by Liu and Hu in Earth and Planetary Science Letters in 2016, the model provided an accurate prediction for why earthquakes happen in particular locations below South America.

«U.S. schools show steady improvement in math and science, the U.S. is not at any particular disadvantage compared to most nations, and the supply of S&E [science and engineering] graduates is large and ranks among the best internationally,» continues Eye, which was co-authored by two labor force experts, B. Lindsay Lowell, director of Policy Studies for the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and Harold Salzman of UI's Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population.

They are right to do so as long as the particular claim in question can not — even in principle — be examined by science.

In 1999, chimpanzee researchers reported 39 examples of behaviors that were specific to particular groups and did not seem to be determined by the environment (Science, 25 June 1999, p. 2070).

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

Science, and in particular socially stimulating parts of it such as human genetics, is by comparison a newcomer, still a stranger and perhaps appears to be rather bossy.

«[I] n spite of his personal political commitment to openness,» the reviewers write, «Delfanti elegantly dismisses dominant narratives that portray open science (in particular, open biology) as an up - to - date version of the traditional Mertonian norms now endangered by corporate neoliberalism.

«It is a difficult career so I would advise women in particular to make sure they really want it and are ready to make all the necessary sacrifices before starting,» warns Isabelle Mansuy, although Anu Suomalainen - Wartiovaara wants to «encourage young female scientists — as a mother of three — by saying that family and science do not exclude each other.

By adding to that pot — in particular, a $ 185 million boost in the Administration's request for NASA's science directorate — legislators are signaling their unhappiness with the White House's plans for space science.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.

So anyway, we headed down the canyon, and I should say that the reason we did this particular trip was because it was put together by the National Center for Science Education, which is the Oakland based group that really does the frontline work with protecting evolution education in the nation's public schools.

In some cases the conflict between the role of science and traditional knowledge has been difficult to resolve, and there is a worry that discourse about adaptation may be used selectively by powerful stakeholders to advance particular pathways and political agendas.»

«Without the existence of these proteins that could help phytoplankton cope in these stressful environments, the phytoplankton diversity in many regions of the ocean would be much lower, in particular by reducing large phytoplankton such as diatoms that are known to take up a lot of carbon dioxide, thus possibly accelerating the pace of a warming planet,» said Marchetti, assistant professor of marine science at UNC - Chapel Hill.

I would encourage young women in particular to not be intimidated by male - dominated academic science.

As an undergraduate at University of Montpellier in France in the early 2000s, Sébastien Granier's interest in science was stoked by the passionate lectures of a renowned plant physiologist who studied the architecture of trees, and tropical forest canopies in particular.

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She is a conservation scientist with a particular interest in bridging the gap between science and management by creating analytical and decision - making tools for conservation planning.

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«Nova,» produced by WGBH Boston, was created in 1974 and has never strayed from its mission of illuminating all things science — in particular, recent discoveries and cutting - edge theories.

And they can learn from their experience whether the practices that are recommended for the typical student by science work in the particular circumstances in which they are operating.

These new theories of change are informed by advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics, with a particular focus on the science of adversity and resilience.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

The 10 ELP Standards highlight a strategic set of language functions (what students do with language to accomplish content - specific tasks) and language forms (vocabulary, grammar, and discourse specific to a particular content area or discipline) which are needed by ELLs as they develop competence in the practices associated with English language arts (ELA) & literacy, mathematics, and science (Bunch, Kiber, & Pimentel, 2013; CCSSO, 2012; Lee, Quinn, & Valdez, 2013; Moschkovich, 2012; van Lier & Walqui, 2012).

Further, particular aspects of teachers» professional community — a shared sense of intellectual purpose and a sense of collective responsibility for student learning — were associated with a narrowing of achievement gaps in math and science among low - and middle - income students.14 Strong professional learning communities require leadership that establishes a vision, creates opportunities and expectations for joint work, and finds the resources needed to support the work, including expertise and time to meet.15 Collaborative teacher teams can improve practice together by: 16