Sentences with phrase «shaping force on»

While it may very well be true that Heidegger sounds as if he is arguing for a pre-modern, pre-mechanized society, perhaps leaning toward a Luddite perspective, and while it also may appear that McLuhan is arguing for the continued evolution of technology that will enhance society, perhaps smacking of a full - blown techophilism, both theorists come together on the primary assertion that they make - technology has a profound and invisible shaping force on our epistemic values, perceptions of reality and truth, and cultural values and norms.

[vi] Thus Postman takes a middle way between the technophile and the technophobe in order to critically engage the introduction of new technologies into culture as each new technology has a profound shaping force on our conceptions of the real, truth, and rationality.

[xxi] His point here is that our environments are invisible to us unless we step outside of them, and following, that our technologies have a very salient shaping force on what our environments are.

The Internet is an abstraction to the world that we inhabit; yet it is also intimately tied to our world as a technology having a shaping force on the world.

It is a matter of 1) coming into a proper relationship to our technologies, and 2) understanding how our media have a powerful shaping force on our communities, our cultures, our societies, and our selves.

Not exact matches

Kohlberg and Boulay joined forces, with the latter using his own time on the road to shape the user experience of Sharethebus.

«The deal represents a sudden and stunning turn of events for The Post, Washington's leading newspaper for decades and a powerful force in shaping the nation's politics and policy,» Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi wrote on WashingtonPost.com today.

The budget provides no narrative on the economic and social forces that will shape Canada» long - term economic prospects; how they are inter-related; and, what the government could do to «encourage private sector leadership and growth» and strengthen Canada» long - term economic prospects.

A spiral galaxy (same goes for a spherical planet, a galaxy cluster, a comet) is shaped by forces big and small that rely on the physical properties of matter, energy, dark energy, and dark matter.

The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

According to one of his analogies: just as the sequence of letters on a page is extraneous to the chemistry of ink and paper, so the sequence of nucleic acids in the DNA molecule (which, when translated, determines the shape of an organism and its specific characteristics) is extraneous to the chemical forces operative in the genetic process.

Because the Bible is the most effective force in history for lifting women to higher levels of respect, dignity, and freedom, we join an historic succession of women whose Christian faith is forged from biblical truth and whose lives are shaped into Christ's image on the anvil of obedience.

Because the odds of «dangerous» ideas espoused by a carpenter walking around, preaching in an occupied land peacefully overtaking the Roman Empire (the most powerful man - made force on the planet at the time) and shaping civilization, Western and beyond, are almost as remote as the odds of you forgoing your delusional confidence in your ability for rational thought or facts, giving him credit for being exactly who he said he was.

It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.

This means moreover that our reflection on and use of Scripture must also take their impetus and starting point from the forces that shape our consciousness.

Precisely because Troeltsch understood the forces that were and are shaping 20th - century religion and society, he can provide us with needed perspective on contemporary theological and religious movements.

By observation, analysis, judgment and reform, worship can become a force for shaping a community based on justice.

Just as we depend for physical existence on the forces of the natural world, so to find meaning, fulfillment and purpose in life, we depend on the culture which continues to shape us, on what we receive from one another and on what we are able to give back in return.

The concave shape of the surface of the water, considered by Newton as a deformation of its normal shape, is the effect of a force that is exerted on the water.

Nehru's suspicion of businessmen shaped as much by the European distrust of capitalism between the wars as by India's forced de industrialization by the British East India Company committed him to state control of prices, wages, and production, and to strict limits on foreign investment and trade.

The unique confluence of forces and influences that impinge on those who engage deeply and well in pastoral work shapes them powerfully, fostering a set of sensibilities, virtues and skills that characteristically belongs to good pastors.

If this is the case, even if we do not conclude that technology determines but only conditions culture, we must take seriously the claims and the shaping force it has on our rationality itself.

Why, as the white radiance comes through the dome, with all sorts of staining and distortion imprinted on it by the glass, or as the air now comes through my glottis determined and limited in its force and quality of its vibrations by the peculiarities of those vocal chords which form its gate of egress and shape it into my personal voice, even so the genuine matter of reality, the life of souls as it is in its fullness, will break through our several brains into this world in all sorts of restricted forms, and with all the imperfections and queernesses that characterize our finite individualities here below.

If you are doing something that falls under anti-discrimination guidlines / regulations then you don't get to force your religion on your employees in any way, shape, or form.

It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and death.

The creative force of existence is not sheer on - rushing energy It has a character, a shape, a moment - to - moment vectorial direction of each pulse of becoming, even if it lacks overall direction as a whole: «The many become one, and are increased by one» (Whitehead, Process 21).

The brevity of the text (240 pages, excluding notes) means that discussions are necessarily concise, and he relies on some controversial sources, but Wistrich does a creditable job discussing the forces that shaped Hitler's belief in a «Jewish menace» that had to be eradicated.

In this way Adams does seem to catch some growth processes in mathematical form, but it is not clear to me how the surface - like forces are supposed to act on the material they shape.

The Takeovers Panel has asked for public submissions to shape its guidance note on dividends in takeovers after being forced to intervene in Saputo's messy offer for Warrnambool.

At every General Assembly, our members elect the World Board, who shape the direction of our work and appoint Affiliates to committees, working groups and task forces on topics like the development of standards or the facilitation of Organic Agriculture in developing countries.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Virginia, Martinsville is a.526 - mile paperclip - shaped track that forces drivers to use their brakes more than at any other stop on the Cup schedule.

If I'm on my phone, I rarely have headphones on me because I have weird shaped ear canals and earbuds hurt to force in where they'll stay put and full sized headphones aren't practical in most spontaneous situations.

The fairway narrows significantly and trees can be a factor on second shots, forcing players to shape their ball, or attempt to go over.

Fulham are a force to be reckoned with at Craven Cottage and Swansea were on a high; with both teams playing free - flowing football this was shaping up to be a...

Throwing pots on a potters wheel is the classic pottery image; the clay is placed in the centre of the wheel and using hands as a tool, combined with the force created by the turning potters wheel a pot shape is manipulated from the clay into a recognisable shape and is a notoriously difficult skill to master; but this is only the start, Penny Spooner explains what happens next,» Once I have thrown a pot I leave it to dry until it is leather hard (green ware) and turn off any excess clay, make adaptations and scratch designs into the clay.

Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.

Teachers, parents and school cooks from across Norwich joined forces on Friday 15 March to help shape the future of school food in England...

Also published on The Huffington Post Check out Kate Zernike's piece in the Times today for a glimpse of how the Republican establishment is «shaping tea party passion into [a] campaign force» — or at least, how they're trying to.

On this basis, the book argues that as well as thinking about the attitudes and ideas of individual leaders — the Kenyattas, Mugabes and Zumas — we need to understand the structural forces that shape what they can and can not do.

At their best, mayors give us a mirror to hold up and reflect on the look, shape and feel of our communities — whether we identify with what we see and, if not, give us the tools to force change.

«We believe there continues to be an inappropriate and misguided reliance on «market forces» to shape services,» Dr Meldrum added.

«That since the younger generation of Nigerians makes up for more than 60 per cent of the nation's population, it is our hope that they inherit this country in better shape so that they can build a much better future for themselves and their offsprings in an atmosphere that is devoid of anarchy, hate, suspicion and negativity that characterize the polarized, and clearly irreconcilable differences forced on us by the Biafran Igbos».

«On the one hand you have a district that is slightly more conservative than the national vote, on the other hand I think the forces are shaping up in this particular election to move it a little bit in the direction of the Democrats, so you're going to have a really close, hard - fought race in November,» Klinkner saiOn the one hand you have a district that is slightly more conservative than the national vote, on the other hand I think the forces are shaping up in this particular election to move it a little bit in the direction of the Democrats, so you're going to have a really close, hard - fought race in November,» Klinkner saion the other hand I think the forces are shaping up in this particular election to move it a little bit in the direction of the Democrats, so you're going to have a really close, hard - fought race in November,» Klinkner said.

In both races, although the incumbents are seen to be in relatively good shape, a so - called super PAC that backs Republicans, the Congressional Leadership Fund, in recent days has spent heavily on television advertising on their behalf — a strong indication of how Mr. Trump's disastrous October has forced his party to act defensively.

The race to fill Sheldon Silver's open Assembly seat is already beginning to take shape, the former Assembly speaker was forced to resign his seat Monday after being convicted on seven counts of federal corruption.

Using the tip of an atomic force microscope, they placed single bromine atoms on a sodium chloride surface to construct the shape of the Swiss cross.

A particle's mass, the strength of a given force and other fundamental quantities depend on the shape, or geometry, of this convoluted space.

They help to drive the most powerful force that shapes life on earth: evolution.

«It provides a unique vantage point from which to consider the intricate interface between capacities inherent in the human infant and the shaping force of experience,» said Sandra Waxman, senior author of the study, director of the Project on Child Development, faculty fellow in Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research and the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology at Northwestern.

A true magnum opus, by the Scottish biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form has inspired many biologists with its mathematical analysis of physical and structural forces underlying the diversity of shapes and forms in the biological world.