Sentences with phrase «fact between nature»

He had hopes that experimental work would force a buffer of objective, empirical fact between nature and a scientist's opinions.

Not exact matches

As most people operate with broad, ugly ditches between faith and reason, nature and grace, and the realms of the public and private, that fact is often missed.

In fact, theologians who write about ecological concerns are united in their opinion that a holistic view of reality is basic to a responsible relation between humans and nature.

The relation between Christian faith and the scientific way of understanding nature involves many complex and unresolved issues, but the plain fact is that scientific understanding had to grow largely under secular auspices, with too little encouragement and understanding from the religious tradition.

In debates between Christian theologians and economists over the nature of capitalism, facts and figures count for almost nothing.

The only significant point of difference between my understanding of the Trinity and theirs is the one which I urged earlier in my critique of their respective theories: namely, that the role of the Spirit within the Trinity as the bond of love between the Father and the Son should not overshadow the fact that God is by nature community or interpersonal process.

For example, against both dualism and reductionistic determinism and in favor of the pancreationist, panexperientialist view that the actual world is made up exhaustively of partially self - determining, experiencing events, there is considerable evidence, such as the fact that a lack of complete determinism seems to hold even at the most elementary level of nature; that bacteria seem to make decisions based upon memory; that there appears to be no place to draw an absolute line between living and nonliving things, and between experiencing and nonexperiencing ones; and that physics shows nature to be most fundamentally a complex of events (not of enduring substances).

The worldview suggested by a process Christian theology can not be considered adequate to the «facts,» let alone illuminating of them, until the connection between «science» and the materialistic view of nature is broken.

Indeed he went to great lengths, grappled with the formidable problem of the nature of light, made incredibly subtle distinctions between various types of change, all to explain the fact that in sight consciousness is consciousness of an object, pure and simple, apart from any feelings of bodily involvement.

Already in The Idea of Nature, he made a distinction between Whitehead's realism and that of the analytic philosophy.23 In An Autobiography, he radicalizes that distinction, interpreting Whitehead's realism as contradictory to the realistic epistemology of the neo - positivists.24 Hence, he concludes that Whitehead's cosmology is in fact constructed on an anti-realistic principle (EM 176).

Whether and how far these reflections concerning a positive relation between spirit and matter may be significant when it is a question of asking in philosophical and theological terms whether an ontological connection between man and the animal kingdom asserted by the natural sciences to be a fact, is open to an explanatory interpretation on the basis of the nature of spirit and matter, can only be judged after we have examined some aspects of «becoming» in general.

But the consciousness of the global nature of poverty and exploitation in the world today, the knowledge of the interdependence between nations and the understanding of the international missionary responsibility of the Church - all invite, in fact oblige, every church and every Christian to think of ways and means to share the Good News with the poor of today.

Here, in fact, we may be in the presence of one of the most necessary of all Devils: the Ecumenical Unifier, champion of all efforts to remove invidious distinctions between nature and nurture, body and spirit, interdiction and impulse, time and eternity, individual and community, male and female, Hell and Heaven — and ultimately, of course, between man and God.

The first is between the given facts of nature and those artifacts made by man out of cultural, human, and bodily behavior.

Here, in contrast, the externality of nature follows merely from the fact of the relation of extension that holds between events, without there being required the element of judgment.

Moreover, Whitehead's concept gives the opportunity to understand the tension between the «self» [constituted by the aim provided by God's primordial nature] and «self forgetfulness» [brought on by prehension of God's consequent nature, that is, by «the immanence of the Great Fact»](AI 295 - 296).

As a matter of fact, Cobb later qualifies his statement and recognizes «substantive changes» occur between Religion in the Making and Process and Reality.17 Ford, noting Cobb's earlier position, gives a detailed interpretation of seven passages in Religion in the Making to show that Whitehead had not yet ascribed to God physical feeling which allows the contrast between God's temporal and non-temporal natures.18

The nature of the relationship between malnutrition and infection is found in the fact that their interaction within the body is synergistic; that is, the effect of the presence of both of them at once is greater than the sum of the effects of malnutrition plus the effects of infection.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

For Levine's latest book is, in fact, a cri de coeur from a clinician on the front lines of the battle between our better natures — parents» deep and true love and concern for their kids — and our culture's worst competitive and materialistic influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, Calif..

The oxymoronic nature of their discourse, the fact that they command billion - dollar budgets, and the tension they feel and express between «old - paradigm» competitive models of business, and «new - paradigm» partnership models, makes this fieldwork project expecially fascinating.

In fact I would be amazed, human nature being what it is, if there was not racism within and between many groups of people in the long term, even in the absence of white ethnic impact and white ethnic colonialism.

Studying them has yielded insights into the workings of nature, including the surprising fact that the composition of ecosystems may be influenced far more by propagule pressure — the persistence with which new species are introduced — than by the life - history traits of organisms or by competition between species.

Even if the Bush administration did not seek to delay approval of this particular clinical trial the fact that the FDA waited until they were out of the way before announcing their approval of the trial speaks volumes about the nature of the relationship between the FDA and the Bush administration.

Prometheus discovered an (alleged) FACT (law of nature) about the correlation between optimal drug dosage and metabolite levels.

Due to its silly nature, dopey story and revised A Link Between Worlds art style, it is often considered a parody of the Zelda games and not a true instalment, despite the fact its Director states otherwise.

Directed with exquisite care by Michael Radford, this loosely fact - based drama is both a touching story of mutual affection and a deeply intelligent essay on the relationship between nature and culture.

Though, the fact that the film isn't entirely without obvious merit confuses things even further: Krauss is wryly brilliant as Krauss and delivers the film's biggest laugh with his Herzog - ian reasons for using a wheelchair; Gael Garcia Bernal has a great time as a lecherous member of Laura's delegation, spinning his suitcase with the sneering verve of a cartoon villain who twirls his mustache and gleefully acts smarmy before being felled by his own beleaguered bowels; Herzog's shots of Diablo Blanco, portrayed by Bolivia's real - life Uyuni salt flats, are among the most stunning in any film released this year; Shannon has fun in the impromptu photo shoot that takes place toward the end of the film; and as expected, there's a fascinating push and pull in the battle between human and nature at the heart of the film's central premise.

Learning in depth would transform students» understanding of the nature of knowledge, teach them the difference between opinion and fact, transfer to students» learning in other areas of the curriculum, encourage learning for its own sake, and stimulate the imagination.

Moreover, since liver biopsy results can not be used to differentiate between «normal» and «carrier» status it, and because of the nature of inheritance of copper toxicosis, it was concluded that the majority of the non-affected dogs were, in fact, «carriers».

In fact, the only difference then between the sampled groups was the nature of their breeding, whelping, weaning and prolonged, stressful transport.

And the fact that you can fast travel between discovered camp sites keeps the explorative nature of the franchise alive and well within this reboot.

Suspended somewhere between fact and fiction, Calle's accounts explore the unfixed nature of identity and our fascination with knowing the private details of others» lives.

Recent group exhibitions include «A Union of Voices»: HORATIO JUNIOR, London «Sex Shop»: Folkestone Fringe, Folkestone, «In and out of windows»: Vane, Newcastle upon tyne, «Eulogy»: Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Between fact and fiction: Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne (2014), «Winter Show», September, Berlin, Germany, «Gifted»: Chart, London, «Luminous Language»: Launch F18 (2013), New York, USA «The Dorian Project», SecondGuest, New York, touring to Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, «Anschlüssel: London / Berlin», C4RD Centre for Recent Drawing, London (2012), «THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small», Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, touring to CHARLIE SMITH london, London, «Mail Please», Blyth Gallery, London, (2011), «MurmurART: an introduction», MurmurART, London (2010), «One Spirit Showcase», Hines Urban Gallery, London, «40 Artists 80 Drawings», The Drawing Gallery, London (2009), «00 Nature Part 1», Contemporary Art Projects, London, «Baltic Square», Arena Gallery, Liverpool Biennial (2008), and «Jerwood Contemporary Painters», Jerwood Space, London (2007).

The resulting worlds are suspended between nature and culture, legends and facts, found and fictional objects.

Whether examining the nature of inhabited space or the confrontation between facts and ideology, Shettar's intricate works collapse distinctions between art and craft, yet draw liberally from the histories of both.

The resulting worlds are suspended between nature and culture, legends and facts, and found and fictional objects.

This reimagined Anthropocene rests on a seamless transition from the fact that humans have always modified their environments to a defense of a postmodern «cyber nature» under human supervision, as if there is no qualitative difference between fire - stick farming and spraying sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to regulate Earth's temperature.

A difference between a computer model (guesstimation) and Nature (scientific fact)?

I have discovered it is all based on a kluge which allow them to claim that anthropogenic and natural CO2 are taken up differently by the sinks, despite the fact that there is no difference beyond infinitesimal isotopic variation between them, and nature has no way of enforcing this «separate but equal» treatment.

This may in fact be the way nature works; but if so the process of analyzing the temperatures of a multi-object system becomes infinitely more complex than a model that quantifies the radiations from the individual objects and defines the «heat» between any two objects to be difference between the two radiation rates.

50 That case - law arises from the fact that certain types of coordination between undertakings can be regarded, by their very nature, as being harmful to the proper functioning of normal competition (see, to that effect, in particular, judgment in Allianz Hungária Biztosító and Others (EU: C: 2013:160) paragraph 35 and the case - law cited).

«There needs to be direct contact between the doctor and the patient in order for the doctor to come to a proper conclusion or, using the words of Form 1, to make a careful inquiry into all the facts necessary to form an opinion about the nature and quality of the person's mental disorder,» wrote Reid.

Patten J accepted that C could assert that on the facts, a presumption of undue influence arose since the relationship between D and his mother gave rise to a relationship of trust and confidence and the size and nature of the gift was a transaction which required an explanation.

In each of these situations the relevant human rights code is engaged not because of the nature of the legal relationship, or the fact that there were two legally distinct and identifiable parties at common law, but rather because the claim related to an area of activity covered by the Code and the claimant was able to show a nexus or link between him or herself, the social area and the allegedly discriminatory treatment.

The court accepted that on the facts a presumption of undue influence arose as the relationship between child and mother gave rise to a relationship of trust and confidence and the size and nature of the gift was a transaction requiring explanation.

Where the alleged fraudulent act is not in the nature of deceit or falsehood, such as a misrepresentation of fact, the causal link between the dishonest conduct and the deprivation may not depend on showing that the victim relied on or was induced to act by the fraudulent act.

59 As several of the governments which have filed observations have pointed out, the opposite interpretation would lead to unjustifiable differences in treatment between Member States, according to how their national social security systems are organised, given that the «special» nature of a benefit such as the one at issue in the main proceedings — and, as a consequence, the fact that it falls within the scope of Regulation No 883/2004 — depends, inter alia, on whether the grant of that benefit is based, under national law, on objective criteria or solely on the state of need of the person concerned.

In addition, the depiction of the standard of review dispute as simply one of choosing between «a mixed fact and law exercise» or «an extricable legal error», without regard for the nature of the decision - maker, was explicitly rejected by the Court in Intact.

«Exceptionality, to the extent that it survives as an expectation, comes in at the Article 8 (2) stage in drawing the balance between, on the one hand the severity in the nature and consequences of the facts constituting the Article 8 (1) interference, and on the other the importance in the circumstances of the countervailing Article 8 (2) factors present going to justification.