Sentences with phrase «defined as the continuum»

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The continuum is characterized most basically by extensive connection, and Whitehead defines regions as «the relata which are involved in the scheme of «extensive connection»» (PR 449).

The extensive continuum as a principle of togetherness of actual entities is given to presentational immediacy which «gives positive information only about the immediate present as defined by itself» (PR 124/189).

According to the Einsteinian formulation of GTR, the physical magnitudes so represented define the metric structure of the space - time continuum, and fields of gravitational force are interpreted as inextricably intertwined with this structure.29 According to the Whiteheadian formulation of 0TH, the physical magnitudes so represented define a physical characteristic, the «impetus,» against the background of a uniform metric structure.30 In effect, Einstein incorporates fields of gravitational force into a theory about the metric structure of the space - time continuum, whereas Whitehead retains such fields as special physical factors constitutive of the physical field associated with an event.

It seems to me, however, that Creel has not succeeded in defining a sense in which possibilities are understood as constituting a continuum and yet can be eternally known in a way which would permit God to use his knowledge of them to decide his action in response to any possible situation.

The foregoing description of a concrescence applies to God as well as to other actual entities; not even God knows the particular point on the continuum toward which he is concrescing until he gets there, for the only way of defining a particular point is to actualize it.

Whitehead defines contemporary entities as entities in the continuum such that neither prehends the other.

For Whitehead defines «nature» as immediacy or «sense - awareness and interprets that in Bradley's anti-atomistic terms as a whole or continuum (EPNK 7; CN 14) with «ragged edges» (CN 50; cf. AR 156) which is «differentiated» or «diversified» by reflection (EPNK 59, 68f.

«On firing the bottom 5 % of teachers... My opinion is that there are at least three reasons why firing the bottom 5 percent of teachers, as defined by the bottom 5 percent on an effectiveness continuum created by using the value - added test scores of their students on state tests, will not improve the overall effectiveness of teachers... One reason is that... value - added metrics are inaccurate for many teachers.

The Network for Excellence in Teaching defines a high - quality clinical preparation program as one that includes a scaffolded approach, a continuum of experiences, integration between coursework and theory, faculty observation and feedback, and classroom teacher involvement and feedback.8

As opposed to dichotomous scoring, rubrics allow for the «classification» of student performance (e.g., skill mastery, comprehension, competence, etc.) along some sort of well - defined continuum.

The work reflects the origins of these emotions, how we define them and how we conceive of their function as part of a larger continuum of living beings.

Feminist thinking has evolved: gender — now more broadly defined — is seen as occurring along a continuum of female / passive and male / active qualities available to both men and women.

Dever added the cross as a painting shape where he can maintain a defined outward trajectory with paint that allows him freedom to explore the color continuum, he said.

As a result, by including so many of these original Masters, he has created a chronological continuum within the line up, which defines this historical thread from its earliest days.

It contradicts the broader vision of EU sexual citizenship which — as one of us argued elsewhere — needs to be seen as a continuum rather than a set of clearly defined categories.

Defining the term «exceptional» is more difficult as the abilities of this group extend in a continuum that renders the identification of an exact cut - off point complex.