Sentences with phrase «coherent system of thought»

When we acknowledge that our pictures do not represent reality, then we can also give up the quest for a coherent system of thought to describe the world.

No, the things the young Robert Lowell needed most as a poet were a coherent system of thought, a rich set of symbols, and a powerful collection of truths with which to begin his work.

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Yet for all the book's strengths, it is one thing to demonstrate that a system of thought or group of practices are coherent; it is quite another to demonstrate that they are good.

It's wrong to imagine this body of doctrine to be a complete system like Thomism, but it did provide a stable, coherent basis for thinking about the social question.

The task of thought is to build up a system of hypotheses that is consistent and coherent and that meets the tests of adequacy and applicability.

Just try not to prove you're a victim of the failed American education system with your lack of coherent thought!

In the case of a «speculative system» which fuses historically obsolete cosmologies, Whitehead's repeated and in fact passionate emphasis that the «elucidation of immediate experience is the sole justification for any thought» (PR 4/6) seems not at all able to be brought into some coherent association, Whitehead's reflection that we could ask ourselves «whether the type of thought involved [in his cosmology] be not a transformation of some main doctrines of Absolute Idealism onto a realistic basis» (PR xiii / viii) may hit not only upon the widespread skepticism with regard to the «main doctrines of Absolute Idealism» in general, but also, in particular, upon doubts concerning their ability to be transformed «onto a realistic basis.»

I think we'll see in - state achievement gaps narrow in a group of smart, focused states — states that have used ESEA flexibility to design student - outcomes - focused, coherent education systems.

They succeed, I think, at giving a rounded, nuanced and coherent picture of a very complex system, one that merits serious study by anyone who is responsible for turning a good education system into a great one or who is advising such a person.

They developed a coherent system of professional learning in the district, creating a culture of collaboration and thought partnership and ensuring better support for school leaders.