Sentences with phrase «defended their positions by»

But as many «culturist» critics of science note, this belief is belied by the fact that apologists for science tend to defend their position by passionate appeals to the universality and immutability of the «laws of nature» that science progressively and objectively discovers: laws that it would be absurd to view as socially constructed.3 Such an objection, however, fails to take note of the fact that, as Whitehead puts it, «Nature is patient of interpretation in terms of Laws which happen to interest us» (AI 136).

Rather, he defends his position by responding to two objections.

As a consequence, they were assailed from many quarters and could not defend their position by better means than ruthless suppression and naked force.

Still, she defended her position by saying that while she could not support the current bill, she was confident that a compromise would be reached.

The government's Environment Agency, which was responsible for drawing up the report, defended its position by saying there was no evidence that the channel would affect Lake Utonai which is home to more than 100 species of waterfowl, including the rare white - fronted goose.

If you want to express an opinion that would not immediately be viewed by everybody reading it as completely worthless, you could try to defend your position by providing links to credible sources that support the argument that the scientific journal you disparage is in fact a «joke», by providing lines of evidence for your assertion.

How in the world are people supposed to refer to each other's arguments if they can't say things like, «You defend your position by saying...» or, «You acknowledge my source is right about...»?

You gave negligible understanding of the issue and wish only to defend a position by means of spreading confusion.

Not exact matches

The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

The move offers Lufthansa and rivals a chance to acquire slots at airports such as Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf, with Germany's largest airline keen to defend its domestic position against expansion by low - cost rival Ryanair.

The corollary of that is an enfeebled fin de règne in which Merkel defends a centrist legacy against attacks from both sides, accompanied by a gradual loss of party discipline as potential successors jockey for position.

For years, I defended the position challenged by my first question.

Following a streamlining of its Northern European investment banking business that dramatically enhanced its fundraising ability in 2012, Goldman Sachs defended its number - one position in M&A by advising clients on 13 deals worth a total of $ 20.6 billion.

biggles aka bethany is running around censoring everything again... it can't come up with logic or reason to defend its position so it thinks it can silence people by deleting ther comments.

In the name of a higher morality, their argument went, birth control could be defended as the lesser of two evils (a position argued by the dissenter Charles Curran, among others).

There were theologians who defended the immaculist position, St. Anselm was thought at the time to have done so, although now we know that the defence was written by his biographer Eadmer and not by Anselm.

57 The consequence of this understanding is the adopting of a position that I have termed «hard determinism,» controlling every element in creation, in contrast to «soft determinism,» in which God's final victory gives definitive shape to all that we have provisionally worked out by our own exercise of freedom along the way.58 It is what finally renders Pannenberg's attempt to defend Augustine by shifting God from Eternal Present to Ultimate Future an unsuccessful effort to resolve the issue of theodicy.

Week by week she fought for an evangelical view of scripture, in spite of the liberal disposition of her tutors, having to work harder than her fellow students in order to defend her position in one - to - one tutorials.

On the other side, for Beegle and Davis, pressure to defend their position (now, by locating «error») brings equally unsatisfactory results.

The position which has been defended in this book is that Jesus was influenced by the apocalyptic expectations of his time and probably did speak some such words as these, expecting an imminent day of the Lord which did not occur.

Freddie has written a post that forces me into the odd position of defending Sam Harris; the crux of which is the claim that once we accept the human mind as being a contingent accident of evolution, we necessarily must abandon any faith in the intellectual edifices constructed by such minds:

Pulpit Freedom Sunday, an annual event organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund), flaunts an IRS tax code restriction stating that churches risk their tax - exempt status if they endorse specific political candidates or positions on ballot issues.

The third possible consistent position is defended by C. H. Dodd and has had in the last decade a very great influence.

Accordingly, since the purpose of Griffin's goal is not simply to defend his own approach to the problem of evil but to argue that «the [defensive] strategy proposed by Plantinga is inadequate» (ER 47), the fact that Griffin has misidentified the basis for Plantinga's position is significant.

From a Whiteheadian point of view, a position that can only be described and defended by the use of modes of reasoning that are not justified within that position is suspect.

While the proportionality thesis might be true, it is probably of indeterminable truth value and is in any case not asserted or implied by the position defended here.

You don't consider me a logician, and perhaps I am not; but I fear no man's logic in defending this position... Doesn't it disturb you that Christ's unfortunate people are tormented and fooled by indulgences?

Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have long defended their die - hard positions against mandatory GMO labeling laws, often by feigning concern about the financial impact labeling laws would have on consumers.

Many would be glad to see the back of him and be replaced by someone who CAN defend, mark, jump, position himself correctly, cross a ball accurately and less weedy (though his ludicrous hairstyle is his own affair).

By the final score of 82 - 52, # 6 Team Hampton handed defending champions Team Lalez a crushing blow to their repeat title hopes and put themselves in prime position to one final push towards the illusive crown.

He was probably better than average, but yes their goal was started by him losing it in midfield, which he did a lot, but that was in a dangerous position, and finished by the awful defending.

I still cant still figure out how the kid manages to play so well despite his small size.He has a tendency to go forward but his ability to recover quickly into a defensive position makes it less worrying.He tackles, He defends, He dribbles, He runs, By jove the kid can fly!!

I would like to tell arsenal fan that the transfer window is not arsenal's problem.Let explain what is in my mind.We need to reinforce our team but we need to think in the future that most of the high class players are going to refuse signing for arsenal fc because of Mr Wenger's philosophy.It looks like arsenal becomes cemetery of players.How many players came in and left because of performance, became good players out of arsenal.We need to accept all of the transformation Mr wenger brings in arsenal but now it does not work.Why??? because lack of tactics, strategies and pretending best players for Mr wenger mind but in reality those players do not get standard of best player.Mr wenger wants to prove everybody that he is wright that players who are calling by wenger are best.I means Mr wenger is the only one can see all matter in good position or bad.He is wrong by thinking this way.He does not like criticism.he is the mind of arsenal.Everything he can say or defend is wright.Think about morrinho comments about arsenal!!!! Why he likes to be arsenal coach!!!! One thing I want to say about arsenal players, I think everybody watch arsenal games.We have got short mind players who play two good games and the rest shameless.They are working hard in the training ground for catching Mr wenger's mind to let them play; what is behind their (players) mind to be the most regular players.Those players have no vision even ambition; they are never becoming high class and their carriers are going to finish in arsenal after arsenal we are going to see them playing for championship.They do not care to become legend as Ian wright, Vierra, Berckam, piress, Henry... What is the big behind their mind to use wenger name to be selected in national team.They are not able to face different leagues in the world.

«We're a team that do a lot of defending and like to counter attack, so it's good to get in your stride and get into the swing of things by knowing your positions, angles and distances.»

Elstone also moved to defend the club's financial position after yet another transfer window went by when the Toffees» income exceeded their expenditure.

Gibbs is more adventurous and might complement Iwobi's wanderings through the middle by defending his position from the front.

Campbell was played out of the game by Debuchy who was often out of position and causing issues for Campbell as he was either retreating to defend or trying to attack with no support.

The bottom of the Diamond (occupied by Gerrard at Liverpool) is a crucial position where you need the capabilities to defend, make decisive passes and do the occasional goal shot from outside the box or just at the edge of the box.

The versatile forward is coveted by teams across the NBA for his ability to space the floor -LRB-.311 on threes), create shots for himself and teammates, and defend multiple positions in the front court.

Neymar, Suárez and Andrés Iniesta are trying to get the ball to him in promising positions, but are being stymied by moments of sloppiness and stout defending.

Rafa Benitez» position at Liverpool has been fiercely defended by the majority of the club's fans, especially in the face of the tyrannical rule of their American owners.

We scratch our heads wondering what is wrong, with a pretty good team, and why in the important games we fail, well i.e our right and left back are frequently caught out of position, because they are to far in the front and at times forget that they are defenders, on the other hand our attackers are too busy defending, it's been a while since Welbeck scored for us, but you will see him every game standing right by Ospina or supporting the defense instead of being forward as he should be, to use his speed in effective counter attacks, same with GIROUD for an attacker he is a great defender, how many missed opportunities because he is 1 yard behind running back from his defensive position in our half.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

POSITIONING; Hector Bellerin starts out pretty high when defending and gets ripped by typical wingers.

By virtue of their fluid passing and strong attacking mentality football, this is a position that is vital for the Reds as more than often it is the defending midfielder who is in way of a strong counter attack.

Jan 9, 2018; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Trae Young (11) fights for position while defended by Texas Tech Red Raiders guard Niem Stevenson (10) during the first half at Lloyd Noble Center.

Initially a right - sided winger, Arsene Wenger urged the youngster to improve on his defending by taking up a new position in the defence, which has helped to shape up his career.

With regard to the legitimizing positions put forward by the different political actors, there is a clear contrast not only between the values and objectives they defend, but also between the different language and theoretical frameworks they employ.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State.»