Sentences with phrase «with alternative assumptions»

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That means I of course assume I exist, and further, the universe is in some way consistent with itself, but I'd prefer to make those assumptions than the alternative that nothing I see is real.

This final part of Griffin's argument for the process theodicy turns on an assumption that he appears to have borrowed by Hartshorne, viz., that the so - called «social view» of omnipotence is the only alternative to the monopolistic (and thus to the standard) view.9 The critique of the latter thus established the former as (in Griffin's words) «the only view that is coherent if one is talking about the power a being with the greatest conceivable amount of power could have over a created, i.e. an actual world» (GPE 269).

In practice, as we have seen, they offer no real alternative but instead operate with many of the same assumptions and techniques as the psychological model.

In spite of these excellent results, there remains a common assumption that because mothers living with HIV in industrialized countries such as Europe, North America and Australia have access to clean water and safe infant feeding alternatives, breastfeeding avoidance is free from risk.

The case for that rests on the assumption that there is «no alternative», which is at odds with the views of many leading economists.

Smil has forced climate advocates to reckon with the vast inertia sustaining the modern world's dependence on fossil fuels, and to question many of the rosy assumptions underlying scenarios for a rapid shift to alternatives.

'... Australian students are good at generating new knowledge and can be characterised as quick learners - questioning their knowledge and challenging assumptions, and generating and experimenting with alternatives - and good at abstract - information processing,» the report said.

Using arts - based pedagogies or arts - inquires goes beyond singing the times - tables or watching a topical DVD, it is about framing learning experiences to connect the cognitive with the emotive, to critically examine assumptions, understandings and beliefs, to view things from different perspectives, and create a space for experimentation where alternative views can be explored.

As model assumptions & results must be examined with a critical attitude, it would help to have contributions or alternative models from skeptics.

Traditionally, population projections have included two or more alternative scenarios, both to acknowledge the intrinsic uncertainty of the middle scenario and to offer an assessment of the sensitivity of projected trends to changes in underlying assumptions, in particular with regard to fertility.

An alternative would have been additional runs of the same models with carbon - dioxide reduction assumptions built in, looking at varying rates, varying start times, and different levels of intermittency.

In Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Sandwell BC, reported with the conjoined case of Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC at [1994] 4 All ER 890, Hobhouse J reasoned that (seemingly on balance) he would follow the «weak» «expression of an opinion» in re Diplock at p 514 that the phrase in s 2 (1)(a) of the 1939 Act, now s 5 of the 1980 Act, «actions founded on simple contract» «must be taken to cover actions for money had and received... [t] he assumption must, we think, be made though the words used can not be regarded as felicitous», the alternative being no time - bar at all.

They are still regarded as marginal, aberrant even and tolerated only as long as they do not encroach on the assumptions held tightly by the profession — that «real» tailoring is bespoke work (even when many clients all seem to end up with a very similar set of clothes); that it the business of highly qualified professional;, and that there are no real alternatives.

«I would tend to agree with Jon Altman that «an assumption is being made that Indigenous Australians ascribe to the mainstreaming goals of the state... and that they lack aspirations and agency to pursue alternative forms of livelihood.»