Sentences with phrase «mere knowledge of facts»

Whatever may be the importance of mere knowledge of facts, past or present — and certainly such knowledge is important — the purpose of the educational enterprise is the development of an openness to truth wherever it may be found.

Not exact matches

While postmodernity reacts against «philosophy» and intellectualism, exalting the «freedom to choose», it does not search for the truth and in fact thrives on the mere «possession» of «knowledge» and on individual «empowerment», thereby retaining pervertedelements of Western cultures that many in Africa have rightfully resented.

The mere fact you are browsing a book store singles you out as a man of knowledge a worldly man of a certain intellect women find this irresistible.

«Although Shell's efforts were less than wholly successful, given these facts, Shell's mere knowledge that spills and leaks continued to occur is insufficient grounds for concluding that Shell «arranged for the disposal of D - D.»»

I did mention that imho mainstream media suffers from too much emphasis on news (as opposed to robust knowledge) and on mere facts (to the detriment of explaining the scientific process of getting to understand those facts).

Rather, if the judgment reflects the current state of the law on s 14A, then the state of the law would appear to: (a) conflate the occurrence of damage with the occurrence of a right to bring an action for damages; (b) conflate mere knowledge of damage with knowledge of necessary, relevant facts about that damage; and (c) render of no effect the essential element of s 14A (7) that the hypothetical action to be instituted by the reasonable claimant is an action for damages, and not some other remedy arising from the breach.