Sentences with phrase «understood as a continuum»

Not exact matches

It is the reality of what is potential, in its character of a real component of what is actual» (PR 103; italics added), We need now a clearer grasp of the nature of this potentiality and if we really understand what Whitehead means in this last sentence, when he refers to the character of this potentiality as «a real component of what is actual,» then we will understand the nature of the extensive continuum much more clearly.

Hilary Putnam has offered an interesting analysis of Peirce's treatment of infinitesimals, and his analysis is suggestive as a way to understand how a continuum can break at loci that are points of division as infinitesimal intervals.

It seems to me, however, that Creel has not succeeded in defining a sense in which possibilities are understood as constituting a continuum and yet can be eternally known in a way which would permit God to use his knowledge of them to decide his action in response to any possible situation.

I think Creel is correct in claiming that on Hartshorne's view God learns about possibilities as time goes on; indeed, earlier portions of this paper imply that this is a consequence of any view which understands possibilities as a continuum.

Is there a sense in which possibilities are understood as constituting a continuum and yet can be eternally known in a way which would permit God to use his knowledge of them to decide his action in response to any possible situation?

If we place matter and man on a continuum, one very fruitful way to understand ourselves is to do so as far as possible by specifying our material make - up.

While most people indeed have a heterosexual orientation and identify with a single gender that was assigned to them at birth, it has become increasingly clear that this is not the case for everyone, that gender and sexuality might better be understood as manifesting themselves along continuums, with male / female, masculine / feminine, heterosexual / homosexual existing at the poles but with a variety of identities, orientations, and expressions in between.

Of course now we are beginning to understand that, while human sexuality is complex and is perhaps best understood as existing along a continuum, many people report having fixed same - sex orientations that do not change.

But when the Holocaust is interpreted as an act so monstrous that it is separate and distinct from all other human evil; when the victims are understood as a special case among all other victims of oppression; when the men who did this deed are differentiated from all other men as being singularly demonic and non-human — then there is no connection between those criminals and ourselves, no possible continuum between our sin and Nazi sin.

Perhaps they understand safety to be an either or dichotomy, but real medical professional recognize safety as existing on a continuum.

Medela understands feeding development as a continuum and therefore offers a feeding development portfolio that aims to provide milk to hospitalised infants — not only in a way that is as close to breastfeeding as possible, but also in a manner that supports each infant's feeding ability and maturation.

Graphene was once thought of as existing on a continuum — think of a smooth, continuous «blanket» — but the new mathematical framework allows the consideration of the blanket's «fibers,» which provides an accurate understanding of the blanket's properties that complements the continuum perspective.

Apparently, understanding is not so much a destination as it is a point along a continuum.

The key ideas for Intercultural Understanding are organised into three interrelated elements in the learning continuum, as shown below.

The Continuum is always a work in progress as new knowledge emerges from the research and wisdom of practice that furthers understanding about those practices that have the greatest impact on student learning.

At the heart of the continuum is National Board Certification, a process designed for teachers to demonstrate, through standards - based evidence, the positive impact they have on student learning as a result of their deep and abiding understanding of students, content knowledge, pedagogical practice, ongoing reflection and participation in learning communities.

The aim of establishing such as continuum was to better understand what literacy looks like across age and grade levels.

Only Shamron, who had fought with the Palmach during the War of Independence and who tended to view the conflict as a continuum, understood intuitively that the outrage in Rome had been inspired by deeds dating back more than a half century.

In the Classroom: As we read and share memoirs with children, we should also talk about that «continuum» of life - story poetry and help students understand the distinct nature of each type, showing examples of poetry as memoir (Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming), fictionalized memoir (Carole Boston Weatherford's Becoming Billie Holiday), mock memoir (Gary Crew's Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry [sic] Book), and autobiographical novels in verse (Thanhha Lai's Inside Out and Back AgainAs we read and share memoirs with children, we should also talk about that «continuum» of life - story poetry and help students understand the distinct nature of each type, showing examples of poetry as memoir (Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming), fictionalized memoir (Carole Boston Weatherford's Becoming Billie Holiday), mock memoir (Gary Crew's Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry [sic] Book), and autobiographical novels in verse (Thanhha Lai's Inside Out and Back Againas memoir (Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming), fictionalized memoir (Carole Boston Weatherford's Becoming Billie Holiday), mock memoir (Gary Crew's Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry [sic] Book), and autobiographical novels in verse (Thanhha Lai's Inside Out and Back Again).

As you go to points on the continuum lower than about 80 percent, you are taking on greater levels of risk (and it is useful to calculate these numbers so that people know how much additional risk is being taken on with various higher take - out numbers), but you have already left the concept of retirement safety as it is commonly understood behinAs you go to points on the continuum lower than about 80 percent, you are taking on greater levels of risk (and it is useful to calculate these numbers so that people know how much additional risk is being taken on with various higher take - out numbers), but you have already left the concept of retirement safety as it is commonly understood behinas it is commonly understood behind.

Beautifully illustrated with Tsuji's selections from the peerless Japanese art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as some of the artist's best - known works of painting and sculpture, the combination of old and new in this groundbreaking volume enriches our understanding of each, and ultimately shows us how contemporary art can be seen as part of a continuum or lineage.

* Like above, the concept of materiality is currently subject to a shift from thinking of objects as mere static entities to understanding them as events in a continuum, moving within different networks and always on their way to be transformed into something else.

The gallery serves as an all - access pass to integrate the acts of looking, seeing, understanding, and listening while the time - space continuum is placed on hold / pause / play / fast - forward / rewind.

From early works such as Dziga Vertov's silent documentary Man with a Movie Camera (1929) through to later practitioners including Chris Marker, Harun Farocki and Chantal Akerman, there exists in the form of the essay film a continuum of attempts to understand the self - consciousness of images, and their relationship to the world in which they are made.

As I have pointed out above you have no understanding of the fact that historical and observational sciences are actually a continuum and generally sciences contain elements of both.

Firms that lack a proper understanding of the marketing - sales relationship fail to view these elements as two ends of the same continuum.

(As it may be understood in my parenting styles model) Most people might say that the authoritative parenting style should be in the middle of social vs. individual continuum.

Because it is increasingly believed that mental and behavioral disorders can best be understood as scores on a continuum (e.g., Satcher 2000), we conceptualized pathological gaming as a continuum, instead of using an arbitrary cut - off point to determine if someone is addicted or not.