Sentences with phrase «valid critiques of»

If you're an indie writer who has hired an editor, your challenge then is to parse out the valid critiques of your own writing from the notes that might, just might, reflect only the editor's dislike of your voice, or ignorance of your story's milieu, or inability to grok your sense of humor.

There are valid critiques of this role against lesser sides, which I've addressed at times, but it's been broadly successful.

This drawing room witticism for me is a universally valid critique of human culture.

Leave the crappy story about the eco-terrorists out of it, and you have a valid critique of the scientific community.

To me it looks like your comments are valid critique of her flawed flag analogy — but then again, I tend to not so bogey men around every corner as some here tend to do.

This paper contributes to the debate by offering a valid critique of Gloaguen et al's influential earlier meta - analysis.

Not exact matches

Theology as self - examination on the part of the church will have to distinguish what is valid in Marx's critique of religion from what is out of place and false.

The valid element in Marx's critique includes both the observation of the universal sociological conditioning of religious life, and the charge that frequently religion serves the interests of the ruling classes.

Of course, some critiques of extended adolescence are valiOf course, some critiques of extended adolescence are valiof extended adolescence are valid.

When I reflect on the infinite pains to which the human mind and heart will go in order to protect itself from the full impact of reality, when I recall the mordant analyses of religious belief which stem from the works of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and, furthermore, recognize the truth of so much of what these critics of religion have had to say, when I engage in a philosophical critique of the language of theology and am constrained to admit that it is a continual attempt to say what can not properly be said and am thereby led to wonder whether its claim to cognition can possibly be valid — when I ask these questions of myself and others like them (as I can not help asking and, what is more, feel obliged to ask), is not the conclusion forced upon me that my faith is a delusion?

Our concern in this study is with the spiritual vision behind modernity and the nature of the critique which primal vision brings to it and to evaluate the same from a Christian theological view - point and to see how the spiritual vision of post-modern society may incorporate what is valid in it.

This will help not only them but the whole national community to build up new indigenous idea and pattern of development incorporating what is valid in the primal critique of modernity gone destructive.

I would like to pull this presupposition out of the shadows and into the light of day, so that a critique of it can lead to a valid perception of the actual outlines of the conflict.

I could critique your use of the word «religion» and it would be as valid as your critique.

On the whole Wesleyans felt uncomfortable with it, despite our recognition of valid elements in its critique of the Social Gospel.

Yes, I think the critique which you make of some the politics / media presentation of Denham's argument chimes with points Don Paskino has also made, and I think some of this is a valid critique if we want to avoid these trenchlines into which the debate risks going.

Asking the authors to «provide some functional validation» of their findings may be a valid critique, but it's not terribly helpful.

As for the validity of the cosmic ray flux, the Rahmstorf et al. critique on the Milky Way spiral arms / ice - age epoch work on did not contain any valid points (see http://www.sciencebits.com/ClimateDebate), this is contrary to the Royer et al. critique which did contain an interesting point.

In the decade since the RFS was instituted, any criticism of it prior to the Iowa caucuses was seen as politically risky — even though valid and intellectually honest critiques can be lodged from both the right and the left.

When Yahoo asked the actresses about their thoughts regarding the claims of whitewashing being leveled at the film, Portman and Leigh said this was their first time hearing about it, but that the critiques were entirely valid.

If its critique is valid, then RAND's own results are just as flawed as the results of the studies RAND criticizes.

Judging from recent coverage of debates around character education, this criticism is still valid in critiques of the views of character expressed both by Morgan, and Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt.

Looking over some of the new corps members blog entries, I'm struck by their enthusiasm despite their revelation that my biggest critique of TFA over the past few years is still valid in 2012.

Depending on the variety and types of partners your particular membership offers, this could easily be a valid critique.

Apart from the derogatory words (it's hardly an example of constructive communication), the substance of his critique may well be valid:

You also claim that McI and McK were correct when they showed that Mann's statistical method produces hockey stick shapes from trendless red noise but then you write «they would have a valid point in principle, but the critique would not matter in the case of the hockey - stick.»

They have published one peer - reviewed article on a statistical aspect, and we have published a response — acknowledging that they would have a valid point in principle, but the critique would not matter in the case of the hockey - stick.

Pekka Pirilä, you need to know a little bit more about the subject before you can make valid critique, so I shall terminate my further contribution, you may wish to concentrate your effort on commenting in your field of expertise.

You're a flat out nut; discarding what could be valid criticisms in favour of a naive failure to understand the models or forecasts you purport to critique.

While there have been some valid feminist critiques about Dove's emphasis on beauty and empowerment through consumerism, Dove and Unilever's other Sustainable Living Brands have, by and large, lived up to the spirit of the Sustainable Development Goals.

It's agreed on all sides that McCulloch's critique raised a valid point, but that's one post out of dozens just on Steig et al..

Second, you point out the social structural critique of evolutionary psychology, which I feel is a perfectly valid criticism of the theory and something that should not be dismissed.

Ellis began publishing articles even before receiving his Ph.D.; in 1946 he wrote a critique of many widely - used pencil - and - paper personality tests that ultimately were not valid.