Critics of United States foreign policy such as Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag, and anti-globalist pranksters The Yes Men are widely accepted inside the movement.

Critics of the SAP argue in favor of a weak anthropic principle ( WAP ) similar to the one defined by Brandon Carter, which states that the universe's ostensible fine tuning is the result of selection bias: i. e., only in a universe capable of eventually supporting life will there be living beings capable of observing any such fine tuning, while a universe less compatible with life will go unbeheld.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

Critics of these versions, such as Taoism scholar Eugene Eoyang, claim that translators like Stephen Mitchell produce readings of the Tao Te Ching that deviate from the text and are incompatible with the history of Chinese thought.

Critics have explored the connection between the creation of Thomas ' mythological pasts into his works such as " The Orchards ", which Ann Elizabeth Mayer believes reflects the Welsh myths of the Mabinogion.

Critics have charged Bopp with neglecting the study of the native Sanskrit grammars, but in those early days of Sanskrit studies the great libraries of Europe did not hold the requisite materials ; if they had, those materials would have demanded his full attention for years, while such grammars as those of Charles Wilkins and Henry Thomas Colebrooke, from which Bopp derived his grammatical knowledge, had all used native grammars as a basis.

Critics, such as political economist Karl Polanyi, question whether a spontaneously ordered market can exist, completely free of " distortions " of political policy ; claiming that even the ostensibly freest markets require a state to exercise coercive power in some areas-to enforce contracts, to govern the formation of labor unions, to spell out the rights and obligations of corporations, to shape who has standing to bring legal actions, to define what constitutes an unacceptable conflict of interest, etc.

Critics have objected to GMOs on several grounds, including tampering with nature, ecological concerns, economic concerns raised by the fact these organisms are often subject to intellectual property law, whether food produced from GMOs should be banned or labelled, whether such food is safe, and whether GM crops are useful to address the world's food needs.

Critics such as Emile Zola complained that it never overcame the corruption of the political system, but rather contributed to it.

Critics of the view have questioned the original thought experiments saying that the lessons that Putnam and later writers such as Tyler Burge ( 1979, 1982 ) have urged us to draw can be resisted.

Critics argue that MNT advocates have not provided a substitute for such a process of evolution in this nanoscale arena where conventional sensory-based selection processes are lacking.

Critics such as Norman Lebrecht were vocal in their diagnosis of the problem as the " jet set conductor " ( whose salaries were presumably bleeding the orchestras dry ); and several high-profile conductors have taken pay cuts in recent years ; but the amounts of revenue involved are too small to account for the crisis.

Critics of such arguments, and of inclusive language in general, commonly use the terminology of " political correctness ".

Critics, however, question how one can have the concept of a form existing in a special realm of the universe, apart from space and time, since such a concept cannot come from sense-perception.

Critics, including practitioners in the physical sciences and social activists, have argued that such definition and quantification is impossibly difficult, and that such measurements are often misused, such as with psychometric personality tests used in employment procedures:

Critics of this traditional view have observed that the types can be quite strongly stereotyped by professions ( although neither Myers nor Keirsey engaged in such stereotyping in their type descriptions ), and thus may arise more from the need to categorize people for purposes of guiding their career choice.

Critics of the textbook note the lack of detail about historical events such as the Siege of Leningrad ( 1941 – 44 ), the Gulag forced-labour camps, the Russo – Finnish Winter War ( 1939 – 40 ), the First Chechen War ( 1994 – 96 ), and the Second Chechen War ( 1999 – 2000 ), as serious factual inaccuracies ; most egregious, the critics propose, is the absence of the Holocaust ( 1933 – 45 ), and the glorification of the rule of Josef Stalin ( 1922 – 53 ).

Critics of evolution have long challenged proponents to explain how animals initially evolved complex organs such as eyes, hands, or feathered wings.

Critics have argued that if the test subjects are unable to count for some other reason ( perhaps because they are nomadic hunter / gatherers with nothing to count and hence no need to practise doing so ) then one should not expect their language to have words for such numbers.

Many critics associations, such as New York Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, chose Saving Private Ryan as Film of the Year.

Critics of this kind include anti-Stalinist communists such as Leon Trotsky, who pointed out that Lenin attempted to persuade the CPSU to remove Stalin from his post as its General Secretary.

Critics argued that the ministry imposed too many principles and guidelines for young writers in the workshop, such as, asking them to avoid metaphors in their poetry and advising them to write about events in their everyday life.

* The Third Way by Anthony Giddens ( ISBN 0-7456-2267-4 ), followed by The Third Way And Its Critics ( ISBN 0-7456-2450-2 )

Today, the term radical center is most commonly associated with a movement that does not explicitly claim descent from the Reform Party or its ideas, but rather draws its inspiration from the book The Third Way by Anthony Giddens ( 1998 ) and Giddens ' highly-regarded follow-up book The Third Way and Its Critics ( 2000 ).

* Giddens, Anthony ( 2000 ) The Third Way and Its Critics.

* David Held, John B. Thompson, Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and his Critics, Cambridge University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-521-27855-4

Recently Anthony has produced Arena: Bacon ’ s Arena, a portrait of the painter, and Arena: Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which received a nomination for International Critics ’ Prize at the IDFA in 2004.

Critics referred to him as the " John Wayne " or " Anthony Quinn " of Egyptian cinema and of the Arabic speaking World ", and to the masses he was the Beast of the Silver Screen, who championed the underdog, especially women, and the dispossessed using an effective mixture of cunning, physical strength, personal charm, and unbending principles, to overcome the wicked aggressors.

Critics often praised Danson as being the highlight of the program, calling his character a " scene-stealer ".

Critics noted, " Gold always gives excellent value in musicals: she ’ s talented, funny and energetic "; and " The highlight of the show for me has to be Christopher Biggins and Louise Gold as Baron and Baroness Bomburst.

Critics were unanimous in citing the photography as a technical highlight.

Critics of antihumanism, most notably Jürgen Habermas, claim that while antihumanists may highlight humanism's failure to fulfill its emancipatory ideal, they do not offer an alternative emancipatory project of their own.

Critics claimed that Wilson acted to solicit votes for the next general election ( which took place less than a year later ), but defenders noted that, since the minimum voting age at that time was 21, this was hardly likely to impact many of the Beatles ' fans who at that time were predominantly teenagers.

Critics fear the possibility that one would not be able to meet anonymously in a public place or drive and walk anonymously around a city.

Critics of the IAO believe it goes too far in the sacrifice of civil liberties and privacy, putting in place an Orwellian infrastructure prone to abuse.

Critics contended that parliamentarism had caused the old parties to become devoted to reformism because it had encouraged them to place more importance on winning votes than on working for socialism, that it encouraged opportunists and place-seekers into the ranks of the movement and that it constituted an acceptance of the legitimacy of the existing governing institutions of capitalism.

Critics of the system argue that this " agreed election " called into question the need for a supposedly non-political office where only politicians can nominate a candidate, with few powers, that is detached from the people, and to which elections take place only every 14 years.

Critics of " Renaissance II " noted that the majority of spending would take place in the corridor services and not add new trains or improved scheduling to Atlantic and Western Canada.

One of the most common grievances against the New Criticism, iterated in numerous ways, is an objection to the idea of the text as autonomous ; detractors react against a perceived anti-historicism, accusing the New Critics of divorcing literature from its place in history.

Critics counter that Esperanto could simply take over from national languages and continue the destruction of linguistic diversity that is already taking place.

Mann herself considered these photographs to be “ natural through the eyes of a mother, since she has seen her children in every state: happy, sad, playful, sick, bloodied, angry and even naked .” Critics agreed, saying her “ vision in large measure accurate, and a welcome corrective to familiar notions of youth as a time of unalloyed sweetness and innocence ,” and that the book “ created a place that looked like Eden, then cast upon it the subdued and shifting light of nostalgia, sexuality and death.

Critics and fans criticized the story for taking place at a military academy.

Critics of Kenosis theology argue that the context of Philippians 2: 5-8 is referring to Jesus taking the form of a servant to conceal his divine glory ( revealed temporarily in the Transfiguration ), or to forsaking his place and position in heaven to dwell among men, as opposed to forsaking his divine attributes or nature ( see syncatabasis ).

The rereleased film won an array of awards including the critics ' award at the Berlin International Film Festival, first place at the Sundance Film Festival in the 1980s, then called the USA Film Festival, and a Special Critics ' Award from the 2007 New York Film Critics Circle.

It even managed to place at # 38 on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1979, proving he had some critical support if not universal acclaim.

Critics and historians place Caragiale's style midway between the delayed Classicism of 19th century Romanian literature and Realism ( with its fin de siècle development, Naturalism ).

For this role, she was the New York Film Critics third place choice for their award for best supporting actress.

Critics also contend that DTCC and SEC have been too secretive with information about where naked shorting is taking place.

Other films of note include ; " The Fisher King " as Lydia opposite Robin Williams and directed by Terry Gilliam, for which she received a BAFTA 1992 film nomination, a Chicago Film Critics Association Award 1992 nomination, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award 2nd place, for best supporting actress ; " Pulp Fiction " as Honey Bunny directed by Quentin Tarrantino, for which she received an American Comedy Award nomination for funniest supporting role in a motion picture ; " Girlfriend " as Celeste directed by Justin Lerner, Official Selection of the 2010 Toronto Film Festival ; " Butterfly Kiss " as Eunice directed by Michael Winterbottom ; " My Life Without Me " directed by Isabel Coixet ; " Vampire " as Helga directed by Iwai Shunji ; " Ken Park " directed by Larry Clark.

Consensus was strong enough to place Oh Mercy at # 15 in The Village Voices Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1989.

Critics of the Museum of the Confederacy's leadership in recent decades note that it previously owned the very land on which the new hospital construction is taking place, and allege that the Museum sold it to VCU to help finance the very museum building now purportedly threatened by the hospital's expansion on the site.

Critics from the Austrian school of economics argue that socialist systems based on economic planning are unfeasible because they lack the information to perform economic calculation in the first place due to a lack of price signals and a free price system, which they believe are required for rational economic calculation.

Critics of the Chief claimed that it was a racist stereotype and a symbol of the oppression to Native Americans that took place in past American history.

He made a three minute film, Koodal ( Tamil for ' meeting place '), which he shot at the Bandra slaughter house, it won the Filmfare Critics Award in 1970.