Sentences with phrase «use of analogy»

A particularly questionable use of analogy occurs when a comparison is presented as if it were a definition.

From this viewpoint it makes good sense that Whitehead describes the actual entity in categories of subjectivity and thus makes methodic use of the analogy of human subjectivity.34 For actual entities are not to be treated simply from the outside, as objects to which other objects stand as past, simultaneous, or future.

The U.S. strategy of managing terror in El Salvador can be illustrated by use of an analogy.

Having made use of the analogy to a linguistic model of translation,» let me also suggest certain qualifications regarding its adequacy.

Hastings brought the idea of focus back again in his second use of the analogy, on stage at the Code Conference.

I believe this is Whitehead's most profound use of analogy from the Bible.

Fundamental to the inductive movement, therefore, are identification with the listener, and the creative use of analogy.

For what else is the meaning of Jesus» constant use of the analogy of the family to set forth the realities of God's relation with us and of ours with him and with one another?

But only people given to verbal naiveté, such as academics, are liable to misunderstand a healthy use of analogy to convey, or at least to suggest, the mysteries of our life in the spirit.

Together with the principle that in God's revelation no word is without significance this conception of scripture leads to an atomistic exegesis, which interprets sentences, clauses, phrases, and even single words, independently of the context of the historical occasion, as divine oracles; combines them with other similarly detached utterances; and makes large use of analogy of expressions, often by purely verbal association.

To bolster these, he develops somewhat the argumentation behind his three main criticisms: the notion of concupiscence, the inadequate use of analogy, and the lack of a Marian dimension.

Sparked by the trademark wit, humor, and brilliant use of analogy that have made The Elegant Universe a modern classic, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.

But is it possible to avoid critical reflection on the use of analogy in this transposition of the human you to the divine Thou?

Whitehead's argument against it depends on the assumption that Plato was no wiser in his use of this analogy than Plotinus and the other neo-platoni5ts.

Classical Christian theology, however, has accepted that it is possible to speak of God by the use of analogy.

As for the use of an analogy in an otherwise dry answer, this depends on your familiarity with the influence of social status and its material trappings upon survival and food allocation within paleolithic tribal structures.

The best way to describe the Janusian approach is the use of analogies as a model to help grasp a concept.

Careful analysis reveals that showing the invisible and use of analogy both facilitate students» construction of their understanding, while the nature of guidance influences the amount of student engagement.

See, that's interesting, «cuz I found the use of analogy, especially the wonderfully written last paragraph, provided me the best sense yet of how the game would feel to play.

What's more, this discussion is often not about logic per se (e.g. rules of deduction and fallacies that result when they are violated) but the use of analogies as Lindzer's dirt kick and rock scenarios.

For example, consider the use of the analogy of a «greenhouse» to connote a problem for humanity.

Use of Analogy by Public Health Nurses in Problem Solving for Individual Consultations in Japan: A Multiple Case Study

Okay, I think I'm overkilling the use of the analogy now...