Sentences with phrase «psychological appeal»

I should not, he says, invoke psychological appeal as a criterion «and then disregard the actual track record of practical success.»

In talking to others about their coincidental experiences running into friends and friends of friends in unlikely places, she's become convinced that the idea of six degrees has deep psychological appeal.

After the Sotheby's sale, Tobias Meyer, the auctioner, said that the failure of the Bacon to sell was perhaps because it was a later work and did not have the same psychological appeal as the female nude at Phillips.

Despite the immediate visual and psychological appeal of her work, it's not entirely clear what besides recreating nostalgic digital imagery Benson is trying to achieve.

In short, it appears that this criticism has more psychological appeal than logical or evidential support.

Superficially, it's obvious why: There are the global - scale economic and political effects a manipulated outcome could have, and the psychological appeal of attacking a democratic process that the US holds on a pedestal.

Surely «psychological appeal» is what theodicy is all about!

Moreover, most FWTs will agree with Griffin that it is perfectly justifiable to challenge individuals to compare carefully the psychological appeal of the various theodicies.

This is a good check list for reading television's psychological appeal.

This is, if you like, a problem of evil, but it is not so far a philosophical problem.6 Griffin, of course, does develop the problem of evil as a philosophical problem, but under pressure he tends to revert and argue as though he could win the day by appealing to people's psychological reactions — as in his claim, cited in my paper, that «psychological appeal is what theodicy is all about.»

I can certainly understand the psychological appeals of fasting.

Rewards of cash back or merchandise credits have a psychological appeal, but rewards cards generally carry higher interest rates than non-rewards cards.