Sentences with phrase «cogent arguments for»

If you want to make the case that DRM is bad (and it may be) then put forward your quite cogent arguments for why it is (not that it really makes much practical difference), don't say things like «don't infect your file with DRM.»

Scientists frequently lament the scarcity of effective scientific communicators — those who can explain complex concepts to the public, present scientifically sound alternatives to policy - makers, and make cogent arguments for the value of science to society.

While City Hall made cogent arguments for Uber's cars contributing to Manhattan's congestion, and originally articulated this as the reason for an immediate cap on Uber's growth, surge pricing was rarely mentioned when Mr. de Blasio eventually broadened his attacks on Uber to portray it as another greedy corporation trying to flout the rules of government.

McFague launches a cogent argument for a narrative theology tied to Jesus» parables, the rich texture of metaphor and a feminist perspective.

@Shadowcandy - ass You have yet to make a single cogent argument for or against anything.

But Poppendieck makes a cogent argument for universal school food and I'll do my best to briefly summarize it here (although this post is hardly a substitute for reading her excellent book).

I have often wondered why this doubt persists when there is a cogent argument for accepting the consciousness of others.

Interesting, Ben — but the CCA is potentially disastrous for Britain and what matters is to identify the most cogent argument for its repeal.

It makes a cogent argument for the unquantifiable value of our print materials and physical spaces that is often hard to articulate.

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It's a cogent argument, backed up by the fact that 57 per cent of people in B.C. voted for the NDP and the Greens.

By making his particularly cogent and compelling bullish arguments for gold, and given his stature, credibility and connections, Rickards is a God send to the price riggers.

This is a justification for a pre-existing position, not a cogent argument in itself.

«We form our beliefs for a variety of subjective, personal, emotional, and psychological reasons in the context of environments created by family, friends, colleagues, culture, and society at large; after forming our beliefs we then defend, justify, and rationalize them with a host of intellectual reasons, cogent arguments, and rational explanations.

Indeed, I think that a cogent argument can be made for the necessity of something like the Catholic magisterium — a divinely assisted authority that has the «final say» in fundamental questions of interpretation.

Those who made and continue to make cogent, well - reasoned, loving arguments for marriage as it has been defined throughout human history continue to get branded as hateful bigots, not because they are, but because others who have opposed gay rights have been.

The argument can not be won except against the background of a complete and cogent apologetic for the existence of God, the spirituality of man, the necessity of revelation, the literal truth of the Incarnation, and the nature of the Church that flows from this fact of Divine teaching and ministry through the ages.

Sirs: Hats off to Tex Maule for his very cogent arguments against an AFL - NFL game at this time.

In this slim volume, Tough pulls together decades of social science research on the impacts of poverty and trauma on kids» brains and behavior, and makes a cogent, convincing argument for why this research should lie at the center of any discussions about reform.

Thanks for your cogent arguments in support of better meals for our kids!

Rin Takanashi, who plays the prostitute half of the equation, steps in with a cogent argument: If her character had sex with the professor, it'd alter their dynamic such that she probably wouldn't call him for help the next day.

It will be important for universities to present cogent arguments as to why the investment income on their endowments should not be taxed similarly.

He makes a cogent and convincing argument that building Networked Universities will allow individual institutions to maintain, and perhaps even strengthen, their independent missions, all while building platforms for solving some of higher education's toughest problems.

In discussing medical breakthroughs, Morton Meyers makes a cogent, highly engaging argument for a more creative, rather than purely linear, approach to science.

I know we're tilting at windmills, because when a cogent argument is presented, he doesn't answer; he prefers to save his words for folks he feels he can ridicule and those who attack his execrable grammar.

OverDrive dominates ebook distribution for public libraries, but B&T, based in Charlotte, NC, saw an opportunity in this market because the company felt a cogent argument could be made for libraries to use a highly regarded print book distributor, with deep ties to the library market, for its digital content as well.

In the NY Times, Michael Brenson called the show a cogent argument not only for abstract painting but also for the continuing vitality of a late modernist aesthetic.

Notes: 6 For a comprehensive investigation of the Spiritualist and Theosophical underpinning of early abstraction and a cogent argument regarding the idea of content and meaning in abstract painting, see The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting, 1890 — 1985, ed.

But I haven't seen anyone undercut his cogent arguments, articulated for many years, laying out the logic for a sustained boost in scientific and engineering enterprise related to energy.

While Charles Kenny lays out a cogent argument that the world is «Getting Better,» and can continue to do so, and I see many reasons for endorsing Matt Ridley's «Rational Optimist» take on things, Grantham, as Kloor puts it, «seems equally certain that the future will be ugly.»

I find allegations of dishonesty as a substitute for cogent arguments against climate research findings to be not only at odds with my personal experience of scientists» affection for truth but also extremely annoying.

If there are as many people opposed to the Ceres Project as the Heartland Farmers claim, and there are many good reasons for it to not be built, where are those who are willing to stand up and put a cogent, rational and civil argument?

«Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming» is a virtual handbook of well - documented arguments and cogent perspective that counter nearly every assertion given to «prove» that human beings are responsible for climate disaster.»

You've declared that «The truth will out, etc.» and the burden is on you to provide the data, proof, citations, and cogent arguments to make the case for your proposition — not mine to make for you.

(para 75) As a consequence, the Commission «must state to the Parliament and the Council the grounds for the withdrawal, which, in the event of challenge, have to be supported by cogent evidence or arguments.»

Finally, to the extent that the appellants renew their challenge to the trial judge's decision based on the arguments advanced by them before the appeal judge, those arguments were fully considered by the appeal judge, and rejected, for cogent and clear reasons.