Sentences with phrase «of the favored theories»

We could not explain modern medicine to the Galenic physician within the concept machinery of his favored theory.

That was one of the favored theories based on some evidence.

Not exact matches

Of course, it's entirely possible that Ted is an obscure, rejected entrepreneur with an ax to grind (Hartenbaum's favored theory) or a tech - savvy student.

There's a joint CFTC and Securities and Exchange Commission report that came out a few months after the flash crash that blames it on an effort by Waddell & Reed to sell some E-mini futures with an inept algorithm; lots of people have long had their doubts about that theory, and now the CFTC itself seems to have abandoned it in favor of the new one - guy - in - London theory.

But if you have no falsifiing evidence and lots and lots of evidence in favor of a theory there comes a time when one must conclude that the theory is almost certainly right under the «current conditions».

Evolution: «It doesn't matter that there are huge volumes of evidence in favor of the theory.

redzoa One theory is that Ragnorak was invented by Christian Norse as a way of expressing the end, or death, of the old gods in favor of the new one.

Most of the 350 - plus books written by «creation scientists» consist in large part of discussions of the supposed errors of evolutionary teaching, reviewing vast amounts of technical scientific data and theory, challenging this or that piece of evidence, method of dating or use of data, while producing evidences and counterarguments of their own in favor of a young earth, recent humanity, worldwide flood, etc..

There is nothing in the theory to direct our attention to the consequences of economic growth for the poor or to favor a more equitable distribution of the world's goods.

Places like the Grand Canyon also receive a much simpler explanation than the theory (which is rapidly losing favor) that the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years by a small trickle of water.

The theory most scientists currently favor for the origins of life is called «abiogenesis,» the gradual emergence of life on Earth from non-living matter.

Theories that first led to new discoveries are usually favored over subsequent theories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the otTheories that first led to new discoveries are usually favored over subsequent theories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the ottheories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the other two.

We have seen that Cobb found it necessary to reject Whitehead's view in favor of a theory of regional inclusion if mind events are to interact with broad areas of the brain.

My question to Sherburne is whether he accepts these testable implications of his theory, and if so whether he believes that any evidence exists in their favor.

Please do yourself a favor and look up the definition of a scientific theory.

We can be absolutely certain that the Academy will not say, «The evidence on the whole supports the theory of evolution, although we concede that the apparent abrupt appearance of many fully formed animal groups in the Cambrian rocks is in itself a point in favor of the creationists.»

Although not in itself an argument against the opponent to abortion, nor an argument in favor of infanticide, the following consideration by Hartshorne indicates the counter intuitiveness of the theory of strict identity:

Amazed by those that can deny the existence of an intelligent creator in favor of the theory of the «big bang»..

Also see LP 17, where the prejudice in favor of being as opposed to becoming is related to the theory of strict identity.

Via Tyler Cowen, a paper by Davide Cantoni casts some doubt on the efficacy of the Protestant Ethic: Many theories, most famously Max Weber's essay on the «Protestant ethic,» have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development.

These arguments are as good as much of the reasoning one hears in favor of the sexual theory.

His latest, awkwardly titled book is a broad polemic against the large role of moral theory in the legal academy, and in favor of....

The high level of complexity in DNA has led researchers to abandon chance theories of life's origin in favor of theories of spontaneous self - organization.

Evolutionary cosmologies may begin simply as rival evolutionist theories — alternative causal explanations for these observed phenomena of development, change, and transformation.3 An evolutionist theory becomes an evolutionary cosmology whenever the favored evolutionist theory is extrapolated from its original context as an account of geological or biological change, and made to serve as an overarching cosmological category, such that «evolution» in some idiosyncratic sense becomes the basis for a systematic and unified interpretation of a wide array of diverse phenomena beyond the domains of biology and geology.

Depending on the theory employed, evil is either transformed by a larger Christian context, slighted in favor of focusing attention on a saint, or justified in terms of an educational or moral function.

3At present, for example, the well - entrenched neo-Darwinian hypothesis of «gradualism» (biological evolution occurs slowly, and more or less continuously as the constant interplay of random variations and natural selection over vast periods of time) is confronted with a somewhat more radical and neo-Lamarckian theory of «punctuated equilibrium» favored by Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Williamson, collaborated by fossil discoveries of paleontologist and cultural anthropologist Richard Leakey in Africa.

In other news, a prominent NASA astronomer turns to astrology and predicts that Virgos will find love this month, a prominent geologist rejects the theory of plate tectonics in favor of Noah's Ark and a prominent psychologist is found drilling holes in hs patients» heads to release evil spirits.

The opinions collected here» some dissenting from the majority of the Court, others concurring in judgment but rejecting the majority's reasoning» show how Scalia applies his textualism to these issues, and how it differs from competing theories of interpretation, most notably the «living Constitution» view favored by many on the left and the varieties of intentionalism favored by many conservatives and moderates.

Finally, the fact that I treat with respect an idea that has much in its favor, that is believed by the great majority of scientists, that has no decisive arguments against it, and that may well turn out to be true — I am speaking here of the scientific theory called neo-Darwinism — is not «appeasement» but intellectual humility and honesty.

The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of this theory.»

Piketty has a theory to explain this growing inequality: The economic laws of capitalism favor wealth over labor.

He reflects carefully on the basic dilemma» that defending democracy and its rights and liberties may require an abrogation of at least some of those rights and liberties, at least for some persons and for a limited time» and he explicitly sets out to make a moral argument rather than the legal and political - theory arguments favored among critics of the war on terror.

On Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, a new Zogby poll shows that the majority of Americans favor teaching biological evidence both for and against evolutionary theory.

I'm not sure if that cuts in favor of or against your theory.

A side note: I'm not a fan of referee conspiracy theories but they made two egregious errors spotting the ball in UMI's favor.

Cathy Warwick epitomizes that self - serving blatherer that characterizes contemporary British midwifery: the biological essentialist who believes that «natural» birth is more important than safe birth, the anti-rationalist who invokes «quantum theory» to explain why scientific evidence should be ignored in favor of midwives» opinions, the self - absorbed, self - referential, selfish woman who pretends that the needs of midwives are the same as the needs of women.

Strategic voting can not possibly explain the lack of women, since women would be just as likely to be beneficiaries of it as men in M - vs - W primary (unless you stick to your original «bigoted» theory that somehow men are better at it and thus strategic voting would rationally always favor them)

MATT MURPHY: My theory is that the industry through lobbying groups donated — a certain amount of money to politicians to get a law passed that favored the industry.

Unlike abortion rights or public financing, most lawmakers seem to be in favor of allowing commercial, non-Indian casinos in theory.

In a talk prepared for a meeting in Munich in December 2015, Polchinski presented his closing arguments in favor of string theory and the multiverse.

Although many of Freud's ideas have since been modified or rejected, researchers in the emerging field of neuropsychoanalysis have started to argue in favor of his theories, pointing out brain structures relating to Freudian concepts such as libido, the unconscious, and repressed desire.

These researchers favor a theory known as modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND (SN: 3/31/07, p. 206), which adjusts the rules of gravity to make sense of stars» motions, without requiring any new, elusive particles.

Currently the best explanation for the imbalance is that, contrary to long - held theory, the laws of physics are slightly rigged in favor of matter.

The dominant theory of evolution (often called neo-Darwinism) holds that new species arise through the gradual accumulation of random mutations, which are either favored or weeded out by natural selection.

«As expected from evolutionary theory, factors favoring sustained efficacy of Bt crops were recessive inheritance of resistance in pests and abundant refuges,» Carriere said.

«Our measurement doesn't decide the question in favor of dark matter, but any new theory that attempts to explain the excess using pulsars will need to match the new data.»

For instance, the theory of kin selection — helping your relatives so your genes will be reproduced — can be illustrated by a formula called «Hamilton's rule,» which explains when a behavior or trait will be favored by natural selection.

«A lot of evolutionary theory favors the idea that mating happens when conditions are stressful, because you need to reshuffle the deck.

Owing to a quirk of ant reproductive biology, the female workers are three times more closely related to the queen's female offspring than they are to the males, so, in theory, the female workers should skew the sex ratio in favor of females.

«They've done a service in a sense: [Their paper] forced people to again rethink something, and it's quite clear that the evidence in favor of Hamilton's theory is quite convincing.»