Sentences with phrase «derived by abstraction»

Third, there is the representation or sign, perhaps derived by abstraction from the object, in the respect.

Whitehead's approach here is crystallized in his «ontological principle,» that «whatever things there are in any sense of «existence,» are derived by abstraction from actual occasions» (PR 73).

Not exact matches

The doctrine (widely held until recently) that «matter» itself is fully real (rather than an abstraction, derived from intellectual analysis of concrete really - existing things, as Aristotle held), and that such self - subsistent «matter» is intrinsically inert (as opposed to self - organizing), arguably reached its full flower in the late Renaissance.18 Part of contemporary divergence between theistic and naturalistic approaches may be understood to arise from overly complete internalization (by both naturalists and theists) of the cosmology that emerged from the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century — the cosmology in which «matter» was full real, but intrinsically inert.

«My impression is that so much of the literature that has really dominated our thinking about the church derives from generalized abstractions about what the church ought to be or about what the evils of the church are by theologians who are at best uncomfortable in trying to apply that to particular congregations.

By pairing the first - an abstract painting whose flat forms are schematic and derived from markings observed on a soccer field with the second - a silkscreened canvas depicting a nearly identical painting photographed at an angle, Uglow creates a visual experience charged with the potential of both abstraction and representation.

Addressing concepts deeper than aesthetics — these four artists are influenced by the light they experience, the color they derive from their environment, and the focused study of nature through geometric abstraction.

Adian resists abstraction by giving each painting a title derived from a narrative he has attached to it.

• Art Nouveau (c.1890 - 1914) An important precursor because of its style of decorative abstraction, derived from Celtic Art style curvilinear interlace, spirals, and knot patterns, notably employed in book - covers, textile, wallpaper designs by William Morris, Arthur Mackmurdo, and others.