Sentences with phrase «rests upon the evidence»

Such a world rests upon the evidence of similarity, the correspondence of certain images and patterns with others, and the argument that such consonance implies a common form or structure in which similar objects participate.

Not exact matches

Nowadays, though no one doubts that the dramatic detail of the Flight of Helen, the Wrath of Achilles, and the rest, is imaginary, the poems are treated as valuable sources of evidence for the history of Greece and neighbouring lands shortly before 1000 BC Even our own Arthurian legends, I observe, are now treated seriously by quite serious historians, when they are seeking for light upon the dark age of Britain.

I thought these professional opinions and the choices being pressed on the parents rested upon anecdotal evidence that was hard to verify and even harder to replicate.

The slow and methodical piecing together of evidence which has taken place during this century, converting the theory of evolution into hard fact, rests upon many examples like the peppered moth.

It would be difficult for the deniers to attack all of the pillars upon which the theory rests at the same time... Much easier to pick one pillar and launch a concerted attack, along with a PR campaign to make the public believe that this is the crucial piece of evidence on which the theory rests.

I think the evidence is mounting that the countries of the European Union have hit upon a governance structure that is much better suited to environmental management than what the rest of the world wrestles with.

It's NOT a matter of me being «stubborn», it is a matter of you failing to cite studies providing empirical evidence to support the Myhre et al. estimates of 2xCO2 climate sensitivity (upon which the whole IPCC CAGW house of cards rests), as requested by Jim Cripwell and myself.

«The episode is yet more evidence that anti-nuclear groups are willing to increase dangerous air pollution and risk catastrophic climate change in service of an ideological agenda that rests upon pseudo-science.»

Would you agree that mike@RC would seem to be some weighted average of clueless and sinister if he didn't have an actual op - ed reference that literally contains his Myth # 0, that evidence for modern human influence on climate rests entirely upon the «Hockey Stick» Reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures indicating anomalous late 20th century warmth?

Despite overwhelming proof of this fact, evidence of which is provided throughout the book, most law firms are nevertheless resting on their laurels, steadfastly reliant upon an outdated business model set to implode.

While the authorities indicate that the Court has a discretion as to whether to permit the accused to conduct a voir dire in relation to the alleged Charter violation and that in determining how to exercise that discretion the Court may require the accused to summarize the evidence he intends to rely upon, they do not suggest that a notice must include all of the facts which the applicant intends to prove to meet the onus which rests on him in the application.

In the Supreme Court of British Columbia, McEachern CJ stated that «no doubt Aboriginal activities have fallen very much into disuse in many area», but concluded that because the onus of proof rested upon the Crown to show abandonment, «it would be unsafe and contrary to principle to apply the principle of abandonment to such an uncertain body of evidence» [69] McEachern CJ also observed that many «do indeed still hunt and fish and pick berries in season», and the «Court can not permit the Crown to pounce too quickly when there are gradually changing circumstances by treating every absence as an abandonment» [70].