Sentences with phrase «pragmatism at»

That is the concept of observable pragmatism at work.

He began rather conventionally, writing a dissertation on pragmatism at the University of Virginia and writing about American political thought (an early article was on the theme of demagogy in the Federalist Papers).

The Gospel is not a game show, and pragmatism at all costs costs us much indeed --- more than just a few hundred thousand dollars in prizes.

Not exact matches

Perhaps those who equate sleep with laziness or lack of dedication can be convinced of the benefits of sleep by looking at what's going on in a world that is the ultimate in pragmatism, where performance and winning are everything: sports.

Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at Simon Fraser University, called the plan a prudent mix of sound economics and real - world pragmatism that creates incentives for emissions reductions.

If the government has any ideology, it is only pragmatism — and then only aimed at re-election.

Now a punch of German pragmatism will take a crack at it.

He finds current expressions of both to be internally divisive as well as at odds with each other, usually based on a conservative / liberal split that weakens the effectiveness of both «civil religions,» and leaves the way open for secular ideologies including material success, radical individual freedom, and an amoral pragmatism.

Left on our own, we are, in most ordinary matters, neither heroically righteous nor heroically evil nor even heroically ambiguous; we simply drift — from at least a theoretical belief in God's overriding sovereignty in our lives, to a working pragmatism which simply assumes that the little decisions are ours to make.

There is a peculiarly American tradition based on pragmatism and pluralism exemplified at its best in William James.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

Pragmatism, however, at least the pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s Pragmatism, however, at least the pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s pragmatism of William James, actually arose as a sharp protest against the kind of thinking that Palmer calls objectivism but which was called «positivism» at the time that James was writing in the 1870s and 1880s.

But as the pragmatists were transforming higher thought at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Chicago, and in the culture at large, another thinker was extending pragmatism well beyond the instrumentalist conception.

He did not want Absolute pragmatism to lapse into the usual caricature of idealism, which made ideas into nothing more than objects of idle contemplation; ideas always contain, at their core, an intention to act.

That attention comes at a particularly apt time, as feminist critics argue that society tends to discourage «nurturing» attitudes in favor of the «domination» stance that runs through Bacon and Descartes, and seems inescapably built in to modern pragmatism.

They've usually erred on the side of pragmatism, but someone sat on the caps lock this week, and the Indians are officially the most interesting buyer at the deadline.

I've called for pragmatism when we were only gung - ho, but the notion that we have to yield to Everton at home is ridiculous.

So what we got in the end was a lesson on the poverty of pragmatism — or at least, this strange parody of pragmatism that United appear to be hooked upon.

At the heart of this disquiet, and what did for Allardyce at Newcastle just as surely as it dogs José Mourinho at Real Madrid, is a fundamental suspicion of pragmatisAt the heart of this disquiet, and what did for Allardyce at Newcastle just as surely as it dogs José Mourinho at Real Madrid, is a fundamental suspicion of pragmatisat Newcastle just as surely as it dogs José Mourinho at Real Madrid, is a fundamental suspicion of pragmatisat Real Madrid, is a fundamental suspicion of pragmatism.

Win this and Arsene could walk away with his head held high at that point, and this should happen because the club needs a fresh and new approach with a touch more pragmatism, attention to detail and adaptability within it.

The solution to avoiding big away losses is pragmatism and respect for our rivals at their home grounds.

His cosmopolitan, free - flowing approach to the game is what made me a soccer fan, even if I didn't realize it at the time, and even if I'd trade it now for the petty pragmatism of a Mourinho if results improved.

Hazard provided the flourishes but manager Conte proved his pragmatism with the introduction of Nemanja Matic for Kurt Zouma at the start of the second half to attempt to lock down the win.

At the time, the SPD had managed to find the right balance between its own political autonomy and participation in the grand coalition, acquiring a reputation for pragmatism and responsibility.

Perhaps it is the same pragmatism that convinced the union leaders to do a deal with Party leaders to accept an austerity programme thereby undermining opposition to austerity at the NPF.

Though the resonance will cause politicos to salivate at the play's incisive analysis, director Roger Michell's elegant adaptation at the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage is also a fine comment on personal tragedy, historical relations between the sexes and the nature of pragmatism.

A look at the decisions Obama has made since becoming the nominee — opting out of public financing, reversing course on the domestic surveillance bill, etc. — suggests a real strain of pragmatism in his thinking that further bolsters the «steady hand» argument when it comes to his vice presidential selection.

In much the same spirit over at the FT Philip Stevens frets that David Cameron mustn't show too much zeal for downsizing the state, and the Indy's Steve Richards laments the end of Tory «pragmatism.»

So finally, even if in his Einsteinian pragmatism God could only be accurately described as the Old One, surely there was a faith in that image, perhaps an agnostic's faith, that made it presumptuous for any human being to come to any conclusion about the goodness or incomprehensible amorality of God's universe or the souls it contained until we at least learned the laws that governed it.

She is pure pragmatism in a tough world with few options at her disposal, and she is doing what she must to save her own skin and protect those she loves.

Of course, we also see more in each of the other characters: Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) has learned to play to his audience and is so good at it that he even surprises Haymitch (Woody Harrelson); Haymitch continues to show a facility for diplomacy and pragmatism, as well as growing attachment to his charges; and even Effie's (Elizabeth Banks) cheerful façade begins to crack.

Earlier, we looked at pragmatism about technology in designing high - end mobility solutions for training.

Clearly, at least some people have been concerned about the pragmatism of public pensions for decades before our current crisis.

The beauty of the 956, and what kept it so successful for so long, was that it combined elements of genius thinking with sheer pragmatism, along with hard - won experience of surviving and winning at Le Mans.

When it comes to fighting attempts at video game legislation, the ESA has traditionally chosen pragmatism over principles.

At the Studio Museum, the works have a materialist - based, nuts - and - bolts pragmatism, but «The Black Show» deals with how one lives within that reality.

She has given lectures for the Institut Für Raumexperimente, an education research project established by Studio Olafur Eliasson in collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts, for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on new sensitivities in contemporary architecture, and at the Center for the Humanities at City University of New York where she discussed Pragmatism with Joan Richardson.

NY Art Book Fair September 19 — 22 Molly Nesbit's new book, The Pragmatism in the History of Art, will be available throughout the 2013 NY Art Book Fair at PS1 in Queens at table D04 Project Projects / Paper Monument.

This is an election that will see center - left pragmatism and right - wing bigotry — neither particularly appetizing, to this writer at least — squaring off in November.

Use your pragmatism wisely and just as in the cockpit, look at all the potential scenarios regarding what kind of landing we are in for based on our decisions as a global community.

The next failure to compromise came in the fight over adding a «safety valve» provision to limit unanticipated high costs from greenhouse gas restrictions, something Joe Romm and many others rejected out of hand at the time, even though Romm last year (around minute 37 in this videotaped panel discussion) noted the need for pragmatism to get things started: «The game changer for the world isn't between no price for carbon and a high price.

In my opinion, the Forces At Play is Entropy, Sophism, Pragmatism, and Alarmism.

Soon after, at Grist, blogger David Roberts weighed in with a post deriding Revkin and others (including me) for what he characterized as misplaced concessions and pragmatism in the face of extremist opposition and dire stakes.

As outlined over the past decade in articles at Science and Nature, and in reports such as the Hartwell paper and Climate Pragmatism, various experts have argued that political success will only come by pursuing a diverse portfolio of policy solutions and technologies, implemented across levels of government and through the private and nonprofit sectors.

But at the same time a portion of us have to constantly be pushing for radical change pointing out where we need to be headed, political practicality and pragmatism be damned.

Pragmatism is our focus at Patent Outsourcing Limited.

Over at Stanford Law's Center for Internet and Society, Lauren Gelman has been reading Judge Posner's book, «Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy.»

We have tailored our services and our approach to solving ediscovery challenges so that innovation and pragmatism are always at the forefront.

We are also skilled at the negotiating table: when we believe a settlement will achieve the most favorable results, we exercise reason and pragmatism in resolving important matters.

It's interesting that the practice of affording witnesses the opportunity of concealing their identity at trial is one borne of judicial ingenuity or a sense of pragmatism, rather than based upon any legislative intervention.