Sentences with phrase «rather than a scientific»

To get AT God, you're going to have to take another tack — namely a philosophical one rather than a scientific one.»

(For example, given Wright's understanding of what the Reformers meant by «literal,» I wonder if they wouldn't be open to scholarship that interprets Genesis 1 as an ancient Near Eastern temple text — see John Walton's The Lost World of Genesis One — rather than a scientific explanation for origins.)

The protagonist understands alcohol abuse as a moral problem, having to do with desires and wants, rather than a scientific one, having to do with disease and cures.

He defines theology as reflection on the faith of the people of God — a second - order activity that provides useful models rather than the scientific deduction of intellectual truth from a mother lode of truth in scripture.

This is the discovery that the real meaning of all religious language, regardless of its terms and categories, is existential, or, if you will, metaphysical, rather than scientific or historical.

In all of these areas understanding of a «configurational» rather than a scientific sort is called for.

A large part of the difference between scientists and the general population may be due more to religious upbringing, rather than scientific training or university pressure to be irreligious, although these other possibilities should be further explored.»

Eschatological vision rather than scientific treatises reveals the organicist world.

It is a curious fact that while the general culture of contemporary theologians is still markedly literary, rather than scientific, they seem to forget the many lessons concerning the human situation to be learnt from tragedy, whether ancient or modern.

But if they do not recognize the consequences, in both thought and practice, of the present state of their beliefs, we whose bent is philosophical rather than scientific may be forgiven for worrying about what the scientific future holds.

However, most of them come from common practices rather than scientific research.

They have begun to wake up to the fact that Western advice on dietary oils, which has led to the demonization of their traditional fats and oils like coconut oil, has been primarily political in nature, rather than scientific.

Little do you know, their advice is based on their personal experiences rather than any scientific evidence because they haven't had much training in breastfeeding.

For administrative rather than scientific reasons, however, universities have generally denied the institutional backing needed to apply for grants to anyone lacking a faculty slot.

Some scientists suggest that these differences arise from ideology rather than scientific disagreements.

It's a shame that our impact is treated as a political, rather than a scientific, issue by so many in the media.

But, as with the preference for WIMPs over axions and sterile neutrinos, some physicists suspect the widespread distaste for modified gravity is at least partially due to the sociology of scientists rather than the scientific process itself.

Schaller: Partly I enjoy writing more readable material rather than scientific and if you do something that you think is important for a society, you want to reach society.

As Baltimore describes them (having worked with both), they follow the data rather than the scientific fashions; they are both technically adept in the laboratory; and «they have never been ambitious to the point of its getting in the way of reality.»

The medical establishment has effected a political rather than a scientific closure on the debate, which reflects the extent to which the production, distribution and reception of medical knowledge and, indeed, scientific knowledge in general, are inextricably linked to power, both within the medical profession itself and in its relations with other social and economic groups.

Change was slow, driven by need rather than scientific curiosity.

So I think that's an ideological fight, rather than a scientific fight.

Many teachers who responded said they «taught the controversy» of climate change, presenting it as a subject to be debated rather than a scientific consensus.

So the tendency to link weather to joint problems may be based on people's preconceived notions, rather than scientific facts.

They have begun to wake up to the fact that Western advice on dietary oils, which has led to the demonization of their traditional fats and oils like coconut oil, has been primarily political in nature, rather than scientific.

Not one of them has restored us to health, and that's because each one is underpinned by profit motives, rather than scientific evidence that manipulating macronutrients, or eating specifically for your blood type, or putting your body into some kind of unnatural state, is a positive or sustainable way to live.

This classification of the foods was made on a practical rather than a scientific basis.

Iron Man has become something expected, rather than some scientific miracle.

For example, I know I am more creatively minded, rather than scientific and analytical.

The paintings are more poetic and visionary being loosely drawn from the myth of the city of Atlantis, rather than scientific concepts as in the other pieces.

Cummings produces intricate, detailed works which draw on representations of nature within art history, rather than scientific accuracy.

In the end, however, we all agreed that the alterations help us focus more on the beauty and magic of those equations rather than their scientific accuracy.

When it comes to political activities (rather than scientific ones), I think Mann needs a lesson in pragmatism.

This is way they resort to news reporting rather than scientific proof with peer reviewed data.

The concensus that humans are responsible for all of the rise seems to be intuitive rather than scientific.

My first reaction was to think that you would be more effective if you simply presented clearly data and arguments that prove that the Robinson et al. arguments are riddled with important errors and based on bias rather than scientific arguement, without blatantly ridiculing of the people who wrote the article.

This is why many contrarians exploit AGW's so called fuzzy impact on hurricanes, it has become a popular issue, rather than a scientific one.

Its reassuring to hear from raypierre in 106 that claims of accelerated global warming is a feature of the popular press rather than the scientific literature and that its not fair to say there's been an acceleration detected in the rate of warming (relative to the early part of the 20th century).

Seriously, having a quick look round I see that I'm not alone in using the word in its common rather than scientific form.

RE # 7, I believe the reference for Gelbspan here is more about his tackling of the political and media aspects of the issue, rather than his scientific expertise.

Montford argued from this quote that our research was a public relations exercise rather than a scientific investigation.

And go on and on about a hypotheses which, let's call it sentimental, rather than scientific.

The IPCC failures are no surprise and inevitable because of the political rather than scientific agenda exposed in the first 6000 emails.

Dr T goes to great lengths to suggest he is making a scientific argument e.g. he goes on to talk about Type II errors etc, and his speech is all about what the science should be doing (although I concede that some would say that climate science is a political endeavour rather than a scientific one).

The danger of a simple pro vs con debate is that it will come to resemble a legal proceeding rather than a scientific one.

His latest comments are an expansion and suggest political tunnel vision rather than scientific awareness.

By focusing on the consequences of climate change rather than its scientific causes, some experts suggest that Mr. Nash succeeded in circumventing a divisive political debate over global warming and the extent to which human activity contributes to it.

Until then, count me among the skeptics who consider this a political rather than scientific issue, especially in light of the fact that it is believed that the Antarctic and arctic shelves are breaking from stress (from «overgrowth»), not due to heat, since they are larger than they have been during recorded history, and that when the alarmists are proven conclusively to be wrong, they change the terminology («global cooling» to «global warming» to «global climate change» - face it, the global climate always has been and always will be very dynamic).

CCT predicts that perception of environmental risk should correlate primarily with value systems rather than scientific literacy.

I also think he is unwise releasing his manuscript with so little work done on it — it comes across like a back - of - the - fag - packet calculation rather than a scientific paper.