Sentences with phrase «novelty value in»

MINI REVIEW Corsair's entry - level mechanical board might lose some functionality by dropping the numpad, but it gains more than just novelty value in the process.

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«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

«22 Man's valuing experience involves the intuition of permanence with novelty grounded in the presence of a transcendent source of order in the world.

Heidegger seems to me obviously correct in regarding modernity's nihilism as the fruition of seeds sown in pagan soil; and Nietzsche also correct to call attention to Christianity's shocking — and, for the antique order of noble values, irreparably catastrophic — novelty; but neither grasped why he was correct.

His reasons for speaking of God's causal presence in the world revolved primarily around the notions of order, novelty, values, and truth.

Its value lies both in its own uniqueness and in its everlasting contribution to God in the creative advance into novelty.

In contrast to the aesthetic order implicit in Kukai's view of nature and contemporary science and process thought, the «logical order» of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned patterns of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2) values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned pattern of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the universal; (4) interprets nature as a closed system of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being as necessity, creativity as conformity, and novelty as defect; and (6) views «rightness» as the degree of conformity to preassigned patterns (NAT 116In contrast to the aesthetic order implicit in Kukai's view of nature and contemporary science and process thought, the «logical order» of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned patterns of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2) values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned pattern of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the universal; (4) interprets nature as a closed system of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being as necessity, creativity as conformity, and novelty as defect; and (6) views «rightness» as the degree of conformity to preassigned patterns (NAT 116in Kukai's view of nature and contemporary science and process thought, the «logical order» of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned patterns of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2) values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned pattern of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the universal; (4) interprets nature as a closed system of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being as necessity, creativity as conformity, and novelty as defect; and (6) views «rightness» as the degree of conformity to preassigned patterns (NAT 116).

They have an intrinsic value that consists of their beauty.7 The value of life, then, does not consist in its precariousness, but in the fact that it is an instance of intensely ordered novelty, of harmonized contrast, that is, of beauty.

Yet, for process thinkers, an important value, the virtue of creativity, is the zest for novelty and adventure — characteristics of life itself, particularly in the more complex forms, such as animals with central nervous systems.

But in this case I believe that Whitehead is correct in stressing the need for endurance as well as novelty, order as well as spontaneity, partial determination from the past together with free creativity in the present, as essential for value - intensity.

Oddly, and unfortunately, in various discussions Whitehead seems to suggest that any novelty is in itself desirable, as if, from the point of view of value, novelty were self - validating (whatever that may mean).

Since part of the practical function of reason is to effect our survival, and since in employing the second survival strategy reason becomes «the emphasis upon novelty» (FR 20), it is easy to understand how someone in a basically conserving society would value up novelty and future - oriented behavior to the seeming exclusion of order and the preservation of the past via efficient causation (feelings of «causal efficacy»).

Similarly we might value a universe in which contradictions are constantly being unified into an aesthetic whole: entropy and evolution; order and chaos; novelty and continuity; permanence and perishing.

In this way each person is immortalized everlastingly in God, retaining permanently his own uniqueness and individuality, and contributing that uniqueness as data to a fuller appreciation of value and novelty for the futurIn this way each person is immortalized everlastingly in God, retaining permanently his own uniqueness and individuality, and contributing that uniqueness as data to a fuller appreciation of value and novelty for the futurin God, retaining permanently his own uniqueness and individuality, and contributing that uniqueness as data to a fuller appreciation of value and novelty for the future.

Thus some may wish to argue that one can not assume that a certain set of spin - values would have been obtained no matter which of conditions a and conditions b are met — on the grounds that the provisions for novelty in Whitehead's system preclude such an assumption.

Whitehead sees the ground or source of purpose, value, order, and novelty — and in human beings of moral and religious feeling — as divine.

And being in power still seems to have a kind of novelty value which holds them in thrall.

The instinct to go for what you know and avoid novelty has undoubted survival value in the natural world.

The so - called top journals value novelty and unexpected findings, but other journals may be more interested in careful, extensive analyses of critical (e.g., biological) processes.

Indeed, Longino suggests that instead of the traditional trio of values in science (currently accepted theories, ontological simplicity, and hierarchical interaction) we consider using an alternative set: novelty, ontological heterogeneity, and mutuality of interaction.

If not, then I see no real value in getting it other than novelty.

by Bryant Frazer If Prachya Pinkaew's 2003 Ong - bak became a worldwide hit partly on novelty value — star Tony Jaa was a new face, and Muay Thai was sufficiently under - represented in martial - arts movies to come across as a fresh new fighting style — then Chocolate is a logical next career move for the director.

Directed by «Pirates of the Caribbean's» Gore Verbinski, this over-the-top oater delivers all the energy and spectacle audiences have come to expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but sucks out the fun in the process, ensuring sizable returns but denying the novelty value required to support an equivalent franchise.

Given its sheer novelty value (the live - action «Cinderella» released by Disney in 2015 wasn't really cued to the 1950 cartoon version), the picture seems destined to score decisively at the box office.

Yes, it looks slightly better and there are minor improvements, and yes, STRAIGHT RIGHT have done a great job in converting the game to a traditional controller, but without the superb local multiplayer and the novelty value of the controller, I would suggest returning players think twice before jumping in.

In fact, some early mobile learning initiatives have been taken up more for novelty value than for identified real needs.

And while the Veloster has four seats, a bigger boot and the perception of more practicality than a regular coupe, those six foot or over will be very cramped in the back and the 2 +1 door layout's novelty value subsides rather quickly when you're travelling along and want to put stuff in the back.

Something called Markup will let you doodle in your attachments... which sounds more like a novelty than a value - added feature.

That in itself is a novelty; I tend to stay away from technology related businesses because I can never really get my head around the products and services they offer, I don't feel I can fully evaluate their competitive advantages, the potential impact of obsolescence and the level capital expenditures necessary to maintain market position, not to speak of the fact that they rarely fit into my value profile for potential investments.

After the novelty wore off, there wasn't much redeeming value in the Wii.

I think it's fair to say that early 3D shooters have aged about as well a pot of week - old yogurt in a greenhouse on a hot day, so the driving force behind sales is likely going to be nostalgia, alongside the novelty value of having it in your library.

«Fruits covered with fancy gems are reflections of the ambiguity, which is what one wants in the immediacy of the moment or quality of novelty, compared to its real value and perishable condition,» she explains in his artist statement.

The ground being contested was not merely that of cultural value, but of how value was to be defined: as contingent upon historical tradition, and therefore concentric and centripetal, or as linear, directional, conforming to measure; invested in the dynamic of supercession by what Eliot called «the supervention of novelty».

In the installation We're Getting Old, So Let's Talk Like This, the artist has taken aphorisms from wooden novelty plaques that communicate unshakeable optimism, humor or moral values.

This experience affirmed his belief in the timeless value of abstract forms, which he contrasted with the desire for novelty that characterized the New York art scene in the 1960s.

BOOK REVIEW: Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: The New Law Authors: Mark Harper, S Chelvan, Martin Downs, Katharine Landells, Gerald Wilson Publisher: Jordan Publishing (# 60) Caitlin Jenkins The Law Society Gazette Whenever new legislation is enacted, some publishers are tempted to cash in on novelty value.

A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, Beaverford v Thorhild (County No. 7), 2013 ABCA 6, is a more traditional application of the common law rule against bias, although the presence of Facebook in the facts of the case gives it a certain novelty value.

The premium build materials and inviting sound quality are each excellent in their own right, but the heavy focus on novelty over value means that you aren't getting much in the way of features for the price.