Sentences with phrase «of substantial arguments»

Robert Benne's critique of Mitri Raheb's lecture on the Israeli - Palestinian conflict («Political Supersessionism,» March) is full of claims and insinuations, but bereft of substantial arguments.

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Those arguments ignore substantial risk of exploding federal debt here at home.

The outcome of the argument could, however, have substantial financial repercussions.

Other counterarguments describe Fiat currency creation and distribution costs, such as printing bills or minting coins or the cost of building a bank or credit union branch, however the latter argument is less impactful given that substantial number of branches that have already closed and are projected to close over the next decade as consumer preferences switch to mobile banking.

Second, everything you've said here is a declaration of faith, rather than a substantial argument.

A substantial tome at 384 pages of text plus almost 800 footnotes, Huck's Raft is more a compendium of information than a sustained argument, but it's a reasonably lively read because Mintz knows how to tell a story.

A substantial part of the pope's book Jesus of Nazareth engages the argument of a 1993 book by Rabbi Jacob Neusner, A Rabbi Talks with Jesus.

After a century in which our science and politics have rejected any belief in the unique value of each person, surely such a sweeping claim demands substantial supporting argument.

It is now a commonplace that he probably wrote more on the ontological argument than any other philosopher — a book, a substantial part of two others, and about twenty articles, replies, reviews, and forewords.

I have four of my own arguments against the reinterpretation of creativity as the substantial activity at the base of things; (a) first, assuming that we reject a nominalist interpretation, and assuming that this substantial activity can not be parsed as a factor in one or more actual entities, it would have to have some kind of identity of its own.

A substantial argument could be given for the proposition that music such as one finds in Mozart's last opera, La Clemenza di Tito, puts one, more directly and intimately than metaphysics can do, in intuitive contact with the kind of thing which reality on its higher levels is, and, on various levels, universally manifests.

Moreover, Leclerc's own argument that certain intimate actions binding minimal substances together are themselves substantial principles, is very weak, and seems to rest on the assertion that such relations must be substantial because 1) there are composite material substances, and 2) such composites are composed of other, smaller substances.

Some scholars would defend the substantial authenticity of many continuous sections of the discourse, e.g. in the «rabbinical» arguments 7:15 - 24, 8:16 - 19, 10:24 - 38, but for the most part the discourses must be considered as artificially built up around genuine words of Jesus, in an attempt to give what the evangelist considered a right interpretation of some aspect of his teaching as a whole.

The substantial pamphlet went through twenty editions in Germany and Switzerland, so low was the reputation of the papacy, so willing were people of all classes to listen not just to abuse, but to solid argument against papal authority, without in anyway supposing this to be an attack on Christianity.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

Arguments in favor of circumcision benefits indicate they outweigh the risks, have no substantial effects on sexual function, they are low in complications when done properly by an experienced person, and is best performed in the neonatal period of life.

«While there is a substantial body of research showing that a mother's own is milk is the most effective option for greatly improving the health of hospitalized, very low birthweight infants, NICU care providers need to be able to make the evidence - driven argument that mother's own milk is the most cost effective option as well,» Meier said.

The main substantial argument of those arguing for «out» is the same now as it was then too.

But the letter de Blasio will unveil on Wednesday constitutes the most substantial and powerful show of support yet and helps cement the mayor's argument that there is widespread «consensus» on mayoral control.

That's a tough outcome for Massey, whose candidacy has adopted a sort of inevitability argument based in part on his ability to provide a substantial amount of self - funding.

«We have disagreed with that argument throughout the economic crisis since it first began in 2007, and have consistently called for substantial counter-cyclical measures to get people into work and out of the Jobcentre.

«The argument that this was not enough really did not help the position of supporting a substantial raise, frankly,» Ms. Lerner said.

«There's a strong argument to be made that the Trump administration fiscal 2018 discretionary budget is the toughest of the post-Apollo era for science and technology, even with substantial information gaps still to be filled in,» according to the full analysis.

But if he turns out to be wrong, he will still have collected substantial evidence to bolster his argument that Nubia deserves more respect in the annals of archaeology.

«While there is a substantial body of research showing that a mother's own is milk is the most effective option for greatly improving the health of hospitalized, very low birthweight infants, NICU care providers need to be able to make the evidence - driven argument that mother's own milk is the most cost effective option as well,» Meier said.

Based on a substantial corpus of historical texts, from Old English to Present - day English, the dissertation provides new analyses with respect to a number of disputed points in the research on clausal arguments.

«Those who have argued for the postponement of the Rio Olympics due to the risk posed by the ongoing Zika virus epidemic base their argument on two principal assumptions: 1) that the half a million visitors to Brazil will generate a substantial increase in exported Zika infections, and 2) that some of these exports will seed outbreaks in other parts of the world.

So if primitive humans were getting this much fiber a day, that is a very strong argument that they weren't getting a substantial portion of their calories from zero fiber foods like meat or eggs.

The policy arguments on this topic have largely been sideshows about research on long term benefits for children; whether it is desirable for government to gain substantial control over the environments in which young children are reared; and roles of the federal vs. state government.

The policy arguments on this topic have largely been sideshows about research on long term benefits for children, whether it is desirable for government to gain substantial control over the environments in which young children are reared, and roles of federal vs. state government.

Of course on the other hand there is quite an argument to be made that large enough «green» funds should actually buy substantial positions in companies with poor environmental records and steer the company towards greener policies but that might be a hard sell to investors.

Given that the company is now in hibernation mode and a sale or liquidation is imminent, however — and the strong argument the dissidents have presented that shareholders face substantial risk if the board will not guarantee downside protection for their liquidity option — we believe shareholders would be best served by replacing the incumbent board with the dissident slate of nominees.»

We do need to take every possible precaution to keep ALL cats and kittens safe, which is a valid argument used by many «experts» for charging a substantial adoption fee; also, to offset a portion, at least, of the cost of sheltering (feeding, innoculations, exams, etc.) until adoption, many shelters have that policy.

The second version of the argument for games» potential is how they can leave a substantial part of the experience incomplete.

oh, don't feed the trolls with substantial arguments, simply identify them as trolls who are not engaging in a meaningful exchange of ideas and arguments that might increase our collective understanding.

As you know, a substantial portion of the political opposition to strong climate legislation makes this argument.

That would seem to close the loop on the argument that anthropogenic forcing is likely behind a substantial component of the observed increased intensity of Atlantic TCs.

As the science blogger James Hrynyshyn put it last year (responding to a similar Wall Street Journal piece), there's little merit in the argument that scientific disagreement (a normal part of the scientific process) undermines the basic findings pointing to substantial risks from unabated emissions of greenhouse gases.

Also, your premise has the problem as antecedent to a patently false claim, as the substantial argument on my side against the validity of your argument is not even separated from your claim of its nonexistence by two inches on the page.

This kind of allusive, slanderous conspiracy theory is a debating tactic of one who can not answer an opponent's substantial arguments.

But arguments over the precise value of climate sensitivity duck the wider point, which is that even if we're lucky and climate sensitivity is on the low side of scientists» estimates, we're still heading for a substantial level of warming by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't addressed, as the IPCC has highlighted.

After taking a week to thoroughly examine every point made on this blog (I know I probably missed a few) and every argument / counter-argument, I have actually found that most of the graphs and sites pointing out «substantial evidence» have been completely utterly inconclusive, and have left me more skeptical than I was before.

While that argument has some merit, since the risks of doing nothing are substantial, there is a real danger that enacting these standards will create the illusion that we have done something serious to address climate change.

For example, according to the conventional wisdom, «climate change will be worse for the poor», and this forms a substantial part of the argument for emissions reduction.

Against this argument, in some parts of the world — notably the European Union and China — substantial efforts are being made to reduce emissions and accelerate the development of alternative energy technologies.

He has also repeatedly demonstrated he is unwilling to give «substantial reasons» for his arguments, meaning his posts constitute sloganeering by the definitions of the comments policy.

The importer appealed to the Supreme Court, which held that in copyright cases the «objective reasonableness» of the losing party's legal position carries «substantial weight» in deciding whether to grant attorneys» fees to the winning party — but that factor alone is not dispositive: a party's litigation misconduct or «repeated» infringement or «overaggressive» enforcement of claims could also justify a fee award even if a party's legal argument was reasonable.

The Uniform Jurisdiction Act was begun before all the SCC cases had been decided — but there could still be an argument in support of a legislative safe harbour, rather than having to work through all the factors of «real and substantial connection» every time one wants to launch a action.

In addition, he rejected the plaintiffs» argument about proportionality, noting that after his reductions, the total recoverable substantial indemnity fees would amount to $ 282,000 or about 45 per cent of the substantial indemnity fees the plaintiffs claimed they had incurred.

But some are more substantial and are of interest also because of the arguments deployed.