Idealists are skeptics about the physical world, maintaining either: 1 ) that nothing exists outside the mind, or 2 ) that we would have no access to a mind-independent reality even if it may exist ; the latter case often takes the form of a denial of the idea that we can have unconceptualised experiences ( see Myth of the Given ).

Given the repressive nature of the regime of Napoleon III, Bartholdi took no immediate action on the idea except to discuss it with Laboulaye.

Given that hearing impairments can vary by frequency and that audiograms are plotted with a logarithmic scale, the idea of a percentage of hearing loss is somewhat arbitrary, but where decibels of loss are converted via a recognized legal formula, it is possible to calculate a standardized " percentage of hearing loss " which is suitable for legal purposes only.

Given these objections to creole as a concept, articles such as Against Creole Exceptionalism and Deconstructing Creole have arisen which question the idea that creoles are exceptional in any meaningful way.

Given the introduction of ligand concept, he was also able to further derive the idea of bite angle and other aspects of chelation.

Given that human languages share many common traits, the idea is that humans share a universal grammar which is built into our brain structure.

Given that other philosophers claim that scientific accounts of our mental lives, particularly in the cognitive sciences, need this idea, this claim of McDowell's has provoked a great deal of discussion.

Given the historical associations of the project's name ( see Masada ), the Hebrew titles of the compositions, and the Jewish imagery on the covers of the associated albums, Zorn was clearly exploring his Jewish roots, stating, " The idea with Masada is to produce a sort of radical Jewish music, a new Jewish music which is not the traditional one in a different arrangement, but music for the Jews of today.

Given that we know today that the North Pole was covered with thick ice for much of the period, the idea of the Open Polar Sea seems patently ridiculous.

Given that the seizure of so much of Central and Eastern Europe, and the accompanying violence directed against various Slavic groups, Jews, Communists, homosexuals, prisoners of war, and so-called partisans, was part and parcel of the Nazi idea of the German nation, and that the forced departure of German settlers and ethnic Germans ( the Volksdeutsche ) living in the extended Reich before the advance of the Red Army was amongst its consequences, the memory of the violence accompanying German occupation and then evacuation of that land is another abiding element of this struggle.

Given the fundamental idea of a rational function on a general variety V, or in other words of a function f in the function field of V,

Given the small size of the first Macintosh screens, this product had some use and the idea was widely copied.

Given the difficulty of this task as proven in Book I, Socrates in Book II leads his interlocutors into a discussion of justice in the city, which Socrates suggests may help them see justice not only in the person, but on a larger scale, " first in cities searching for what it is ; then thusly we could examine also in some individual, examining the likeness of the bigger in the idea of the littler "

Given the variances of demography within the City of Atlanta, the idea that a one-size fits all system of community governance would successfully reflect each community's view is unrealistic.

Given that authors of documents try to formulate sentences which contain a single idea, or cluster of related ideas within neighboring sentences or organized into paragraphs, there is an inherent, relatively high, probability within the document structure that words used together are related.

Given the prevalent idea that either goaltender could assume the starting job, local media began using the nickname " Conkkanen " to describe Edmonton's starting goaltender.

Given Heinlein's carefully cultivated public persona as a curmudgeon, it is amusing that much of the humor in the book consists of riffs on the idea that Ginny is the hothead, while Robert is the easygoing one, e. g., in a shipboard incident at the captain's table, Robert continues eating his dessert after being doused in salad during a food fight started by Ginny.

Given what had happened to the Marr family twelve days earlier, it seemed miraculous that she had slept through the entire attack and had no idea what had just occurred downstairs.

Given the alpha wave's connection with relaxed mental states, many people have latched onto the idea of utilizing this state through a technique called biofeedback training.

Given a year to complete the work, Gibson undertook the actual writing out of " blind animal terror " at the obligation to write an entire novel – a feat which he felt he was " four or five years away from ".

Given that a small bet is generally half of a big bet and that a small blind is generally half of the small bet, the minimum BB in casino style holdem is four cents.

Given the elder Pei's history with the bank before the Communist takeover, government officials visited the 89-year-old man in New York to gain approval for his son's involvement.

Given the recent lynching of Roy Belton, a white man, they believed that Rowland was greatly at risk of meeting a similar fate.

Given that his death in 1040 is described as being " at an immature age " in the Annals of Tigernach, he must have been a young man in 1034.

: Little Hope Given Brain-Damaged Man ( A brain-damaged man is unlikely to recover, or a brain-damaged man is causing another situation to have little hope of resolution, or someone gave a brain-damaged man to a small girl named Hope.

Given that humanity cannot exist except within a covenantal relationship with God, and all covenants use symbols to give us " the attestation of his grace ", he gives the tree, " not because it could confer on man that life with which he had been previously endued, but in order that it might be a symbol and memorial of the life which he had received from God.

Given his overwhelming European ancestry, Chesnutt could " pass " as a white man, although he never chose to do so.

Given the then lack of antibiotics, this " could not be considered an unusual pattern for pneumonia in a man in his seventh decade.

Given the evidence of A. C. Elias about the acrimony of Swift's departure from the Temple household, evidence from Swift's Journal to Stella about how uninvolved in the Temple household Swift had been, and the number of repeated observations about himself by the Tale's author, it seems reasonable to propose that the digressions reflect a single type of man, if not a particular character.

The stained glass window depicts a black man, arms outstretched, reminiscent of the Crucifixion of Jesus, and is inscribed: " Given by The People of Wales ".

Given to a North American rider who demonstrates the highest of standards of personal and professional conduct both on and off the racetrack, Hawley has had the lifelong reputation of being a gentleman and a man of honor.

Given that he resorted to cannibalism so near to food supplies, and that he killed and consumed the remains of all those present, it was revealed that Swift Runner's was not a case of pure cannibalism as a last resort to avoid starvation, but rather of a man suffering from Wendigo psychosis.

Given before her thirteenth birthday to a man who makes her a slave, she sheds her tears on the tree she planted, which bears the best fruit in the world.

" Given the subject matter of his poetry he was likely a " man in holy orders ," and the deep Christian knowledge conveyed through his verse implies that he was well learned in ecclesiastical and hagiographical literature, as well as the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Church.

" Given kept a clean sheet in a man of the match performance in his debut, a 1 – 0 win against Middlesbrough on 7 February.

Given the severity of punishment for the offense of zina, the Qur ' an requires solid proof beyond the shadow of doubt before convicting an individual, be it a man or a woman, of zina.

Given that Mycroft Holmes is established both as a co-founder of the club, and an indolent man who almost exclusively travels only between his home, his office, and the Club, this extrapolation would appear to be a reasonable one.

Given that he's more of a military man than a scientific one, his interests tend to conflict with the other main characters.

Given the exposed position and the inexperience of many of the men in the Federal ranks ( many were so-called " 100-days men " who enlisted to man the fortifications around Washington and had not seen battle before ), the line quickly collapsed and Federals began streaming across the Shenandoah, jumping over the reserve line in the process.

Peter Mason writes: " Given the measures that the West Indian authorities had taken to ensure that no black man would ever captain a regional side, it was a great irony and a huge source of delight to Constantine that he should be the man to lead the team at the moment of their greatest achievement so far.

Given the many lynchings of blacks in the 20th century, and other violence against activists, some blacks expressed indignation that it took the death of a white man to incite the national outcry against southern violence.

Given that the series was set in the relatively near future, Gridneff took great pains to ensure that the space scenes were depicted as accurately as possible, seeking advice from NASA and other space agencies as well as arranging a set visit by astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to set foot on the Moon.