Sentences with phrase «rests on the assertion»

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.

And her defense rests on her assertion that she simply can't remember the deaths of Montgomery and Kinnear, while we, the audience, repeatedly see flashes of the event: of bodies tumbling down staircases and droplets of blood.

Not exact matches

Not only is this type of warfare deeply antithetical to our form of government, but assertions about enemy safe havens also rest on the faulty logic that the past will repeat itself, exactly.

This assertion rests on some form of Murray's familiar distinction between articles of faith and articles of peace.

You say «In philosophical arguments the onus of proof rests on he who makes an assertion.»

The foundations on which this assertion rests are really very simple.

To call what the Court has done, from Dred Scott to Lochner to Roe, «natural law reasoning» is to confer unwarranted dignity on a series of results resting on nothing more than assertion.

There is no one conviction to settle on, and atheism is one among all the other convictions because it makes a metaphysical assertion like the rest.

You have, however, succesfully demonstrated the fundamental flaws of religion: It rests on untestable assertions, logic - defying presumptions and blind appeals to authority cobbled together in an attempt to create a screen from genuine inquiry.

the burden of proof rests entirely on the shoulders of those making the positive additive assertion «gods exist».

The Conservatives» rejection of all such possibilities rests on muddled thinking and empty assertions.

His case against current scientific explanations of the relatively rapid appearance of the animal phyla rests on the claim that the origin of new animal body plans requires vast amounts of novel genetic information coupled with the unsubstantiated assertion that this new genetic information must include many new protein folds.

This assertion rests on two erroneous assumptions.

The idea that the education system, and the nation, ought to embrace many different pedagogical approaches may seem to undermine this aspiration, since this effort has rested, at least in part, on the assertion that educators and educational researchers possess a scientific knowledge base and expertise that distinguishes them from laypersons.

From an investment standpoint, it's important to recognize that virtually every assertion you hear that «stocks are reasonably valued» is an assertion that rests on the use of a single year of earnings as a proxy for the entire long - term stream of future corporate profitability.

Since all the rest of your assertions seem to depend on this mistake, it's all wrong — William]

If peer review is required for all public utterances and assertions about the possible environmental and health effects of fracking, then let's strip all the non-peer review studies from the 1,537 - page planning document for fracking — the supplemental generic environmental impact statement (sGEIS)-- that is the science on which will rest Governor Cuomo's upcoming decision to permit or prohibit fracking.

While CBC relates Trudeau's assertion that «86 per cent of the Canadian economy is now covered, or soon to be covered, by a price on carbon,» the news network admits that how Canada will reach the rest of its proposed emissions targets «hasn't yet been nailed down,» and the new Liberal government has «resisted efforts by climate change groups and the media to lay out its targets and timelines for achieving them.»

But as journalism, its analysis and conclusions should rest as often as is possible on some form of original reporting or on peer - reviewed or government - sponsored research to back up significant assertions of fact.

I'll leave it to others on analyzing the rest of Niose's assertions in his «Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America» piece, he's quite vulnerable on more than one.

Her divergence from the majority in both decisions rested on the view that judicial deference is based upon the principle of relative expertise or experience in a particular area, and thus this bare assertion of a presumption of deference simply because a statutory decision - maker is interpreting its home statute pays too little attention to whether the statutory decision - maker actually has sufficient expertise or experience to justify deference to its determination of a legal question (See Alliance Pipeline at para 80 and Alberta Teachers» Association at paras 82 — 89).

However, such scenarios are mostly dubious and artificial, and often rest on fatuous assertions, such as the claim that robots can make use of sensors not available to humans (as if humans can not make use of radar or infrared imagery, etc.) or that robots can take more risks (as if remotely operated robots can't do the same).

Ryan discusses the death of Osama Bin Laden; Ryan reviews the economic news of the week; Ryan notices the correlation between increased home sales and interest rate drops; Louis notes we can't expect the housing market to be supported by further decreases in rates as they are already near historic lows; Ryan explains that interest rates change once every four hours; Ryan notes the difference between getting a quote and being locked in to an interest rate; Ryan advises the importance of keeping in touch with your mortgage lender; Louis notes that interest rates change a lot faster than home prices; Ryan notes that the consumer confidence was up, Ryan and Louis discuss the Fed's decision to keep interest rates where they are and to continue the $ 600 billion QE2 program; Ryan and Louis discuss the Fed's view that inflation is nascent; Louis notes that not only does the Fed not see inflation that exists but disclaims any responsibility for it; Louis asserts that there is a correlation between oil prices and Fed policy; Louis discusses Ben Bernanke's assertion that the Fed can't control oil prices but that they somehow can control the impact of higher oil prices on the rest of the economy; Louis also remarks on Bernanke's view of the dollar - the claim that a strong dollar can be achieved through the Fed's current policy as it is their belief that they are creating a sound economy and therefore a sound dollar; Louis notes the irony of the Fed chastising Congress» spendthrift ways — if the Fed did not monetize the debt, Congress could» nt spend; Louis noted that as Bernanke spoke the prices of gold and silver rose as it seemed that the Fed has no interest in cutting off the easy money; the current Fed policy will keep interest rates low; Ryan notes that the Fed knows that they can't let interest rates rise because of the housing mess; Louis notes that the Fed has a Hobson's Choice - either keep rates low or let interest rates rise and cut off the recovery.