Berendes creates work that simultaneously suggests both simplicity and complexity — it is her integration of both the fine and applied arts that highlights the contradictions, tensions and
ultimate validity of this division by bringing them both to the fore.
The exhibition is complemented by continuous screenings of Border (2000), a Kafkaesque, «fictional» documentary shot on the highly charged Israel / Lebanon border that muses on
the ultimate validity of such an arbitrary designation, while attempting to locate and cross it; and The Making of Makom (2008), a video charting the construction of a sculptural project where the artist gathers and annotates, as in an archaeological dig, 60 tons of building stones from the remains of Palestinian and Israeli houses to build a deceptively simple structure.
Even now, the status of the information loss problem and
the ultimate validity of quantum theory remain... uncertain.
The answer depends, does it not, upon each interpreter's response to
the ultimate validity of the claims of faith.
«To negate means to reject
the ultimate validity of the current state of affairs,» Alves writes.
She does not tell us whether she has come to identify fully with this version of Christianity, but she makes clear that in this book she writes as a social scientist who in this role can not make statements about
the ultimate validity of the Evangelical experience of God.
Not exact matches
The
ultimate objective
of his hermeneutics, like that
of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., is the attainment
of validity in interpretation.
But as Novak rightly points out, «after this concession (and despite Grotius» disclaimer
of any atheism on his part), it is not too difficult to understand how Kant saw theology as having
validity only when it is made to serve the
ultimate ends
of ethics.»
In no domain is measurement the
ultimate way
of judging the
validity of complex concepts.
A further effect may be that
of an increased consumerist attitude: the belief that my needs and my wants have
ultimate importance and
validity.
Every reader must answer for himself the
ultimate question
of the
validity of Israel's historical faith.
The tests must also be able to evaluate the
validity and reliability
of future questions because if the state is going to mandate the dismissal
of teachers and principals based on student test results, or ruin their reputation by posting their scores in the newspaper, then it must also require that the tests be designed to stand up in court (whether or not they
ultimate do stand up is still an open question).
Baas also pointed to lawmakers» debate over the Common Core standards and the Smarter Balanced test, which resulted in discussions that included misconceptions about the standards and that «the
ultimate outcome was that people lost a little bit
of faith in the
validity and the credibility in that piece
of our assessment package.»
Some believe that it is the
ultimate badge
of honor and gives them
validity for all
of the hard work they put in, perfecting their craft.
So the
ultimate way
of judging the
validity of statistical methods is to apply them in relatively simple contexts (such as this) and check whether the results stand up to well - considered common sense scrutiny.