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coherent ideas which can be implemented immediately — regardless of the objections of Lib Dems who, if they pulled the plug on the Coalition, would face electoral annihilation.»
Not exact matches
The leaders sort through a mass of
ideas to find the ones that fit into a
coherent whole — that support the story —
which is a very difficult task.
Having, therefore, lived for years with Biblical scholars as my friends and colleagues and in the classroom having dealt with students, trying to gain a
coherent and usable understanding of the Bible for practical purposes, I have dared the attempt to put together developments of
ideas which the separate Biblical disciplines leave apart.
Speculative Philosophy is the endeavor to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas in terms of
which every element of our experience can be interpreted.
It is with the
idea and in the hope of advancing towards a solution of the problem that I here venture, basing my argument on the widest possible zoological and biological grounds, to put forward a
coherent view of the «thinking Earth» in
which I believe we may find, undistorted but yet embodying the corrections required by a change of order, the whole process of Life and of vitalization.
«Speculative philosophy,» writes Whitehead, «is the endeavor to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas in terms of
which every element in our experience can be interpreted,» but they «are not dogmatic assertions of the obvious; they are tentative formulations of the ultimate generalities.»
To the Stagerite, we owe: the
idea that the natural world is a
coherent object of philosophical study, the structure of that philosophy, and the rational and logical tools with
which to study it.
It is also factually embodied in the university, where little effort is made to examine the
ideas on
which the several disciplines are founded or to bring their findings into any
coherent relationship with one another.
For Whitehead, «Speculative Philosophy is the endeavor to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of
ideas in terms of
which every element of our experience can be interpreted.»
Indeed in his magnum opus, Process and Reality, he sets out to elaborate «a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas in
which every element of our experience can be interpreted» (PR 5).
While it is impossible to reconcile Monod's materialist mechanism with any
coherent doctrine of human freedom, his obeisance to the hypostatized
idea of Chance displays an underlying concern for a universe in
which human freedom would remain a possibility: «The kingdom above or the darkness below... it is for us to choose.
Speculative Philosophy is the endeavour to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas in terms of
which every element of our experience can be interpreted.
He defines it as»... the endeavour to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas in terms of
which every element of our experience can be interpreted.»
[It] is the endeavor to frame a
coherent, logical system of general
ideas in terms of
which every element of our experience can be interpreted» (PR 4).
Although Whitehead warned against «the merest hint of dogmatic certainty» (PR xiv), he also endeavored «to frame a
coherent, logical, necessary system of general
ideas» (PR 3; emphasis added), and at least some of the elements of his system Whitehead himself called «categoreal conditions
which flow from the final nature of things» (PR 222).
I mean by metaphysics the search for a
coherent scheme of those general
ideas which are necessary for the description of every aspect of experience.
There's a lot we still don't fully understand about these little guys but it looks like we may now be able to form a more
coherent story of Earth's early years — one
which fits with the
idea that our planet suffered far more frequent bombardment from asteroids early on than it has in relatively recent times.»
A key
idea behind the practice is that any form of Qi Gong has an effect on the cultivation of balance and harmony, positively influencing the human energy complex (Qi meridians / pathways)
which functions as a holistic,
coherent and mutually interactive system.
Avoid a string of
ideas joined by «however» and similar
which are trying to become a
coherent sentence and annoy the reader so much she or he gives up.
Adult arguments typically evolve alongside a set of
coherent rules
which involve presenting
ideas, weighing evidence, and attempting to sway opinion.
David and Allen have joined forces to present the Summer Exhibition this year, and in order to make the sprawling annual event more
coherent and connect to contemporary
ideas, they have organised it around the theme of drawing — a topic about
which both artists feel passionately.
The central concern when establishing the programme was to create an intimate space in
which an artist could present a single important work of art or a
coherent body of work within a focused environment, an
idea that in some way, stemmed from the memorable experience of Walter de Maria's «Earth Room» in New York.
The requirement of applicability to both parties in their interrelationship is a general structural
idea to
which particular substantive elements of liability, whatever they are, have to conform if they are to be fair to both parties and
coherent with one another.