Sentences with phrase «except as a phenomenon»

In all its shapes and forms, Judaism has always adhered to a concept of redemption which sees it as a process that takes place publicly, on the stage of history and in the medium of the community: in short, which essentially takes place in the visible world, and can not be thought of except as a phenomenon that appears in what is already visible.

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This assumption is common among highly intelligent people, like Weinberg, who haven't thought much about the history and character of Christianity except as a sociological or psychological phenomenon.

Kant's analysis is confined to phenomenon as they present themselves to him, and, of course, other possible worlds never appear in space and time — except as constructs of our imagination.

This is to say, then, that a Christian world view does not, except within the broadest limits, dictate any particular understanding of phenomena; indeed, it can properly be said that there is no such thing as a Christian approach to any field of inquiry — no Christian astronomy or anthropology, for example — just as there is no such thing as a Marxist, or a democratic humanist, approach to phenomenological inquiry.

Whenever two surfaces come in contact, there is friction, except in very special cases where friction essentially vanishes — a phenomenon, known as «superlubricity,» in which surfaces simply slide over each other without resistance.

No one except for a handful of professionals in the niche, would even notice how what catalogue classifies as X or Y. «Planet» is however a cultural phenomena.

Screenwriter George Di Pego has done some decent work in crafting psychological dramas in the past, most notable in Phenomenon and Instinct, but The Forgotten is just a little too ambitious, as so many little twists and revelations occur that leave no where to go with the material except into the Twilight Zone.

They seem to resist any kind of meaning at all, except as weird natural phenomena.

The same might be said of the strange phenomenon of looking at Ryman's paintings, except that the wall comes to seem just as transcendent.

As a result, the phenomena I describe above, with the rapid changes in circulation regimes, are not represented in the climate models at all except as gridcell sized averages.As a result, the phenomena I describe above, with the rapid changes in circulation regimes, are not represented in the climate models at all except as gridcell sized averages.as gridcell sized averages...

I admire scientists and the scientific way of knowing but I am not myself trained as a scientist, except inasmuch as my undergraduate training in sociology at a top U.S. university exposed me to statistical inference and standards of valid reasoning about social phenomena.

I can't see any common sense basis of support for the proposition that condensation reduces pressure except as a very local short lived phenomenon whilst surrounding air moves back in.

The sheer volume of energy that the Hadley cell transports, and the depth of the heat sink that is the polar cell, ensures that the effects of transient weather phenomena are not only have negligible effect on the system as a whole, but — except under unusual circumstances — do not form.

Only a few studies have examined complementarity in existing romantic relationships: In one study, in which undergraduate students rated their own parents» personalities, complementarity appeared quite often, but greater complementarity was actually seen in divorced than still - married couples.5 Another study of romantic couples found very little complementarity, except within highly satisfied couples.6 Yet another study found good evidence for the phenomenon, with couples being similar on affiliation and opposite on dominance.7 Finally, a study of same - sex female couples found no similarity on affiliation and found that those who had opposite personalities when it came to dominance were actually less satisfied with their relationships.8 As can be plainly seen, these results are quite inconsistent.