Analogously, anyone who argues that Einstein's theory of gravitation is simpler than Newton's, must say rather more to explain how it is that the latter is mastered by student-physicists, while the former can be managed ( with difficulty ) only by accomplished experts.

Proceeding from Parry's conclusions and adopting one of his schemata, Francis P. Magoun, Jr., argues that Beowulf likewise was created from a legacy of oral formulas inherited and extended by bards of successive generations, and the thesis is striking and compelling.

One of the greatest Homerists of our time, Frederick M. Combellack, argues that when it is assumed The Iliad and The Odyssey are oral poems, the postulated single redactor called Homer cannot be either credited with or denied originality in choice of phrasing.

The statement is often made that when Bultmann argues in this way, he `` overestimates the intellectual stumbling-block which myth is supposed to put in the way of accepting the Christian faith ''.

Anthony Steel, as the husband, is a jealous type who argues against her course and sues for divorce, labeling her action adulterous.

Daniel Batson is a psychologist who examined this question and argues against the social exchange theory.

While Swift ’ s proposal is obviously not a serious economic proposal, George Wittkowsky, author of " Swift ’ s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet ", argues that to understand the piece fully, it is important to understand the economics of Swift ’ s time.

Swift however, Landa argues, is not merely criticizing economic maxims but also addressing the fact that England was denying Irish citizens their natural rights and dehumanizing them by viewing them as a mere commodity.

Michel Foucault argues in his essay " What is an author?

He argues that because a child's suffering is so horrible and cannot easily be ex-plained, it forces people into a crucial test of faith: either we must believe everything or we must deny everything, and who, Paneloux asks, could bear to do the latter?

On Fate is a treatise in which Alexander argues against the Stoic doctrine of necessity.

His friend argues that, though it is possible to trace a cause from an effect, it is not possible to infer unseen effects from a cause thus traced.

Nichola Everitt argues that much moral guidance is unattainable, such as the Biblical command to be Christ-like.

American philosopher Michael Martin argues that it is not necessarily true that objective moral truths must entail the existence of God, suggesting that there could be alternative explanations: he argues that naturalism may be an acceptable explanation and, even if a supernatural explanation is necessary, it does not have to be God ( polytheism is a viable alternative ).

Even if a supernatural cause is required, he argues, it could be something other than God ; this would mean that the phenomena of the conscience is no more supportive of monotheism than polytheism.

He argues that there are objective answers to moral questions, even if some are difficult or impossible to possess in practice.

As a result, according to philosopher Steven Crowell, defining existentialism has been relatively difficult, and he argues that it is better understood as a general approach used to reject certain systematic philosophies rather than as a systematic philosophy in itself.

Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that " attaining authenticity in the punk identity can be difficult "; as the punk scene matured, he observes, eventually " everyone got called a poseur ".

Despite this, Singer argues that it has led to a difficult intellectual climate, with professors not able to teach courses in Germany on applied ethics and campaigns demanding the resignation of professors who invited Singer to speak.

This is because argues Schakel ( 2008 ) " it is difficult to tell whether the expenditure is coming from conditional or unconditional grants, whether the central government is determining how the money should be spent, whether it is setting the framework legislation within which subnational governments implement, or whether − indeed − subnational governments are spending the money autonomously ".

In his book, Nye argues that soft power is a more difficult instrument for governments to wield than hard power for two reasons ; First, many of its critical resources are outside the control of governments ; Second, soft power tends to “ work indirectly by shaping the environment for policy, and sometimes takes years to produce the desired outcomes .” The book identifies three broad categories of soft power: “ culture ,”“ political values ,” and “ policies .”

* Watson, Bruce D., 2002 argues that organizational learning has proven to be a somewhat elusive concept to grasp and therefore its practical implementation has also been difficult.

Scipio argues in the story that Sempronius ' men needed the winter to train, suggesting that on the way to north Italy Sempronius may have raised two more legions of recruits, throwing them into battle under difficult physical circumstances against expert advice without training.

Breeze ( 2004 ) argues that Penda and his army would have been in a difficult strategic location along the Went during their withdrawal, giving Oswiu a good opportunity to attack.

Roger Osborne argues that " The Renaissance is a difficult concept for historians because the history of Europe quite suddenly turns into a history of Italian painting, sculpture and architecture.

William Baumol argues that it is extraordinary difficult to measure the social costs of any externality, especially because many costs are psychological and individual.

Michael W. Friedlander suggests some guidelines for responding to fringe science, which he argues is a more difficult problem to handle, " at least procedurally ," than scientific misconduct.

Dutton argues that the numerous studies establishing that heterosexual and gay male relationships have lower rates of abuse than lesbian relationships, and the fact that women who've been involved with both men and women were more likely to have been abused by a woman " are difficult to explain in terms of male domination ".

He is opposed to stationary offensive players, and argues that offensive runs ( also for players that do not possess the ball ) should be carried out as often as possible when one's team has the ball, as multiple simultaneous runs are very difficult to defend against.

Sutherland also argues ( b ) that migration is a “ crucial dynamic for economic growth ” and that this is the case “ however difficult it may be to explain this to the citizens of those states ”.

" Every document should be identifiable by its contents, so there should not be need for directories or names for user-generated documents ; Raskin argues that these names tend to be cryptic and make files difficult to find afterwards.

Furthermore, the identification of ' Palestinian ' with ' terrorist ' can be construed as problematic, and Sayigh argues that this association is used as a rationale for maintaining the status quo, and that only by recognising the status of Jewish immigrants as ' settlers ' can we conceptually move forwards However, it is the case that the Palestinian resort to militancy has made such conceptual clarity difficult to achieve.

When he was born is disputed, but anyone who argues that it was after this date is just being difficult.

He argues that " Today it is difficult, if not impossible, to identify a Muslim-majority nation that could plausibly be identified as a modern, viable and legitimate “ Islamic state ” and that " contrary to popular Muslim opinion, there is not a shred of theological, historical or empirical evidence to support the existence of such an entity.

Jensen argues that because it is difficult to arrive at a consensual scientific definition of the term intelligence, scientists should dispense with the term and focus on specific abilities and their covariances.

The Climate Group argues that while global negotiations continue to prove difficult, its State and Regions Alliance members, as well as other subnational governments, will play an essential role in building a global climate change deal from the bottom-up.

Tsebelis argues that having many veto players makes significant policy changes difficult or impossible.

The VPC argues that if it is harder to import certain firearms to the US, then it will be harder to purchase firearms in the US, and hence more difficult to export American firearms to neighboring countries.

In Satisficing Consequentialism Michael Slote argues for a form of utilitarianism where “ an act might qualify as morally right through having good enough consequences, even though better consequences could have been produced .” One advantage of such a system is that it would be able to accommodate the notion of supererogatory actions.

She also argues that Eliade's theories have been able to accommodate " new data to which Eliade did not have access ".

Peter Laslett maintains that, while Locke may have added or altered some portions in 1689, he did not make any revisions to accommodate for the missing section ; he argues, for example, that the end of the First Treatise breaks off in mid-sentence.

Hintikka further argues that the standard semantics of FOL cannot accommodate IF logic because the principle of compositionality fails in the latter.