Sentences with phrase «more of an abstract concept»

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Eistein and Spinoza's concept of God was more of an abstract, pantheistic concept — not the anthropomorphic, anthropocentric ideal espoused by the Abrahamic religions.

Instead of «the poor» as an abstract concept on our prayer list, they become people we are rooting for because we've chosen to invest in the relationship in more ways than one.

To accept your premise, I must accept the existinence of much more than an abstract concept of «god».

When we abstract from the concept of time measurement, we obtain a more general principle that involves just the concept of temporal order: the principle that every act of becoming is such that there is another act of becoming that is immediately later.

In one respect it helped to liberate Islam from the materialistic and mythological concepts of God by insisting on the more spiritual and abstract attributes.

Confessional postmodernism, with its emphasis on images and narrative — which are more evocative and efficacious than concepts, touching deeper recesses of our psyches — fleshes out what tends to be rather abstract in the process - relational vision which, on the other hand, provides the former with a cosmological complement.

The mainline churches, with their more abstract theologies and ethics and their more complex concepts of personal counseling could not conceive of the conduct of personal relationships via a computer.

This amalgam of Israelite prophetic zeal and the more abstract concepts of Greek philosophy constituted the belief system that provided Christendom with its «autonomous world of meaning and existence».

In this way Whitehead could show how a rationalized Western theism illustrates his more abstract concept of God.

There are a lot of debates in the humanities about the relative influence of agency (the will and power of individuals), institutions, and structure (a more abstract concepts including things like social norms and expectations which are not formalized).

The surprising faith of E.F. Schumacher, who as a practical man is led to the abstract side of economics — its metaphisical and religious underpinnings — through more «practical» concepts like Intermediate Technology and Buddhist Economics.

It is, I suspect, part of this practicality that leads him to approach the abstract side of economics — its metaphysical and religious underpinnings — through more «practical» (that is, saleable) concepts like Intermediate Technology and Buddhist Economics.

(2) «Confessional postmodernism, with its emphasis on images and narrative, which are more evocative and efficacious than concepts, touching deeper recesses of our psyches, fleshes out what tends to be rather abstract in the process - relational vision which, on the other hand, provides the former with a cosmological complement» (90).

Mental images are more important than abstract concepts as vehicles for the transmission of a religious tradition.

They made the best choice for their family — something more important than an abstract, idealized concept of infant sleep.

They found that people who struggled with visual memory, visualisation, and message planning in speaking made more «representational gestures», in which the speaker depicts a concrete or abstract concept with the shape or motion of the hands.

This developmental step also means that, «as they grow older, children are more frightened by portrayals of abstract concepts,» noted Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University in Tempe and Roxane Cohen Silver of the University of California, Irvine, in a paper published in the September issue of American Psychologist.

And yet, somehow, abstract concepts appear much more clearly when glimpsed from the rock - bottom of human experience.

Moreover, we are a place that works to continually improve our model, by taking stock of what we teach, how we teach, and how this community can move towards making inclusion more than just an abstract concept.

Making soft skills more relevant and applicable, rather than abstract concepts, is one of the biggest challenges eLearning professionals face.

He'll share opportunities educators have to introduce the exploration of abstract concepts at an early age — at a time when students are more focused on concrete mathematical concepts.

We as educators must become more conscious of our goals: the knowledge we want our students to understand; the skills we want them to refine; the kinds of reasoning we want them to demonstrate; and the connections we hope they will make between abstract concepts and life.

While number lines are well - suited to the type of thinking that the Common Core asks students to do, number lines are much more abstract concepts than the using physical objects.

Examples of online simulations (which help make abstract concepts more concrete) were modeled for them, and they were shown how to engage students with digital images, videos, animations, and various examples of commercial software and resources on the Internet.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

The abstract concept that human cells contain chromosomes made of genes was made more concrete through these karyotypes and the photos of children with chromosomal abnormalities.

When the power of student - to - student interaction is unleashed in algebra, students enjoy learning more and the abstract algebraic concepts become more concrete and understandable.

If you have firsthand experiences with debt, don't feel embarrassed to bring them up to your child — your knowledge is more valuable than the abstract concept of owing money.

Jord will use examples from his many experimental games to illustrate his ideas about absolute opposites and how these opposites lead to a a more concrete understanding of game concepts usually too abstract to talk about and consider clearly.

Responses may be literal, taking inspiration from ones favourite film, poster, character, soundtrack or comic, or explore a more abstract interpretation of the theme — looking at concepts such as space, reality, parallel universes, time travel and technology.

The theme of the show marries the often sacred and sensual traditional use of the human back to represent form with the more abstract concept of what it means to be «back to back».

These aren't just abstract concepts; oil and gas added roughly 20 times more new energy production than wind and solar power combined in 2012, for roughly comparable expenditures of «subsidy,» and are fueling a revival in US global competitiveness.

Unless, of course, Apple's next product is air, water, food, shelter or perhaps indeed the somewhat more abstract concept of love, it's simply more hyperbole from a company known to be world - class at it already.

The concept of Bitcoin VR is much more abstract and will surely be praised by crypto aficionados whose day doesn't get started with a daily dosage of Bitcoin happenings worldwide.

Akin to how capital flows en masse from speculative small - cap stocks into «blue chips» and gold in times of economic turmoil, the helpless cryptocurrency market has seen investors ditch altcoins — often bought into based on little more than a rudimentary prototype, or worse still, an abstract concept — in favour of the pioneering cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC).

Your resume should be clearly conveying the more abstract concept of being able to set strategic direction for an organization, as well as getting your team focused on achieving company mission.

Since this concept is quite broad and abstract, it may be helpful to define social competence in more familiar terms, such as interpersonal relations, social behavior, adaptive behavior, social interactions, social skills, adequate self - image, self - acceptance, initiative, and cooperativeness, all of which describe particular components of the concept of social competence.

The areas of focus are the more philosophical and potentially more abstract concepts — operationalizing the seven Sanctuary Commitments and S.E.L.F while honing a trauma informed environment by paying attention to culture and sharpening trauma treatment skills.