There is ongoing discussion among academics over the nature of the Nimrud lens, a piece of quartz unearthed by Austen Henry Layard in 1850, in the Nimrud palace complex in northern Iraq.

The nature of conventions has raised long-lasting philosophical discussion.

Twice in the course of the great discussion, he allowed himself to enter the field of doctrinal controversy, a field foreign to both his nature and his previous practice.

The target of Moore's discussion of the " naturalistic fallacy " is reductionism at least as much as it is naturalism specifically, and the important lesson, for Moore, is that the meaning of the term " good " and the nature of the property goodness are irreducibly sui generis.

Coke's discussion of natural law appears in his report of Calvin's Case ( 1608 ): " The law of nature is that which God at the time of creation of the nature of man infused into his heart, for his preservation and direction.

Jewish theologians, who choose to emphasize the more evolutionary nature of the Halacha point to a famous story in the Talmud, where Moses is miraculously transported to the House of Study of Rabbi Akiva and is clearly unable to follow the ensuing discussion.

Due to the often emotional nature of advocacy debate and its sometimes narrow appeal to the wider user population, forums for discussion of advocacy are often separate from those for general discussion.

There has been much discussion about the exact nature of the drive phase, because it has now been shown scientifically that the quadriceps have no activity after the supporting phase ; this has become known as the extensor paradox in running.

The Zohar contains a discussion of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of Ego to Darkness and " true self " to " The Light of God ," and the relationship between the " universal energy " and man.

* Stephen Baxter's science fiction novel Transcendent has a brief discussion on the nature of infinity, with an explanation based on the paradox, modified to use starship troopers rather than hotels.

For a discussion of nature versus nurture in language and other human universals, see also psychological nativism.

He proposes that all objects are dependent upon designation, and therefore any discussion regarding the nature of objects can only be made in light of context.

He does not explicitly acknowledge any anticipation of his demonstration of electrostatic repulsion by the latter but, as he quotes a passage from the same page, could not have been unaware that, in a discussion of the nature of electrical attraction, Cabeo had written ( Philosophia Magnetica p. 192 ): " When we see that small bodies ( corpuscula ) are lifted ( sublevari et attolli ) above the amber and also fall back to the motionless amber, it cannot be said that such erratic behaviour ( talem matum-but if " matum " is taken as a misprint for " motum ", then the translation is simply " such motion ") is an attraction by the gravity of the attracting body.

The experiment raised broad discussion on the ethics of recruiting participants for research without giving them full information about the nature of the research.

What they do share with mayflies is the nature of how the wings are articulated and held in rest ( see insect flight for a detailed discussion ).

A philosophical discussion about the nature and origins of language can be found as early as the works of Plato.

Many different disagreements led to the fracture, for example ; while at the Fourth SI Conference in London in December, 1960, in a discussion about the political nature of the SI, the Gruppe SPUR members disagreed with the core situationist stance of counting on a revolutionary proletariat ; the accusation that their activities were based on a " systematic misunderstanding of situationist theses "; the understanding that at least one Gruppe SPUR member, sculptor Lothar Fischer, and possibly the rest of the group, were not actually understanding and / or agreeing with the situationist ideas, but were just using the SI to achieve success in the art market.

Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures and bullying, in addition to the influence of violent movies and video games in American society.

Isolated inhumane acts of this nature may constitute grave infringements of human rights, or depending on the circumstances, war crimes, but may fall short of falling into the category of crimes under discussion.

The distinct nature of political participation in Cuba has also fostered discussion amongst political writers and philosophers.

Nevertheless, Watson strongly sided with nurture in the nature versus nurture discussion.

After some discussion, the doctors issued a release indicating the cause of death to be " some brain evolvement, probably an apoplexy ".

UG is the term often used by Chomsky for those aspects of the human brain which cause language to be the way it is ( i. e. are Universal Grammar in the sense used here ) but here for discussion it is used for those aspects which are furthermore specific to language ( thus UG, as Chomsky uses it, is just an abbreviation for Universal Grammar, but UG * as used here is a subset of Universal Grammar ).

More and more people refused to pay, leading to Darnell's Case, in which the courts confirmed that " if no cause was given for the detention ... the prisoner could not be freed as the offence was probably too dangerous for public discussion ".

In it, one of five ruling brothers asks if the suffering caused by war can ever be justified, and then a long discussion ensues between the siblings, establishing criteria like proportionality ( chariots cannot attack cavalry, only other chariots, no attacking people in distress ), just means ( no poisoned or barbed arrows ), just cause ( no attacking out of rage ), and fair treatment of captives and the wounded.

Further discussion with Captain Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, Commander, Air Force, Atlantic fleet aboard USS Shawmut, confirmed that near-miss bombs would inflict more damage than direct hits ; near-misses would cause an underwater concussive effect against the hull.

However, the church records show that the Independent cause in Tollesbury was already under discussion in the years preceding.

The varying types of comparisons comprising the analysis of governance in scholastic and practical discussion can cause the meaning of " good governance " to vary greatly from practitioner to practitioner.

The receiver's background of experience and learning may differ enough from that of the sender to cause significantly different perceptions and evaluations of the topic under discussion.

In a 2006 discussion hosted by the Fraser Institute, Stossel stated that he accepts that global warming has occurred in the past century, that it has been about one degree Celsius, and that man-made emissions " may be part of the cause.

The high rate of oral cancer in South Asia is thought to be due to the chewing of betel preparations ; the inclusion of tobacco may worsen the risk, but there is also evidence that the areca nut, alone or as part of a betel quid, may cause cancer even without tobacco .< ref > See its article for more discussion of this point.

Two aligned surfaces may always cause material transfer and due to overlaps and symbiotic relations between relative motional “ wear ” and “ chemical ” cohesive attraction, the wear-categorization have been a source for discussion.

Before getting into that discussion, one has to consider what the cause of Brand really is.

While Poole and Rosenthal's NOMINATE scores ( which provide a measure of the ideological ideal points of members of Congress ) have established a consensus that the parties in Congress have become polarized, there is a more vigorous discussion in the literature about the nature and cause of polarization in the US electorate.

The Germans recognized that discussion of the Jewish question in Denmark was a possibly explosive issue, which had the potential to destroy the " model " relationship between Denmark and Germany and, in turn, cause political and economic consequences for Germany.

For a discussion of non-psychiatric conditions that can cause depressed mood, see Depression ( differential diagnoses ).

The discussion of mayim acharonim, washing after meals, contains a suggestion that washing after meals, as a health measure, is the more important of the two washings, on grounds that the salt used as a preservative in food could cause blindness if the eyes were rubbed without washing.

# If nothing contrary to faith and morals was found in the writings of the servant of God, a decree was published, authorizing further action ( quod in causâ procedi possit ad ulteriora ), i. e., the discussion of the matter ( dubium ) of appointment or non-appointment of a commission for the introduction of the cause.

# While the Apostolic process concerning the reputation of sanctity was under way outside of Rome, documents were being prepared by the procurator of the cause for the discussion de non cultu, or absence of cultus, and at the appointed time an ordinary meeting ( congregatio ) was held in which the matter was investigated ; if it was found that the decree of Urban VIII had been complied with, another decree provided that further steps might be taken.

# The advocate of the cause next prepared the documents ( positio ) which had reference to the discussion of the validity of all the preceding processes, informative and Apostolic.

The most likely cause of this is the lack of UMSDOS support in Linux 2. 6, as support for this filesystem type has been removed from the official Linux sources after some discussion regarding it on the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

The scientists participating in the pre-IND discussion comprehended that an ordinary anti-IgE antibody ( i. e., one without the set of binding specificity of CGP51901 ) would invariably activate mast cells and basophils and cause anaphylactic shocks and probably deaths among injected persons.

Some discussion has taken place regarding the cause of the flexibility.

" The history of SMTH in the past decade has shown that, with a friendly community atmosphere, good academic discussion, development of informational sections and effective, strict internal site management, users outside the campus are not the cause of mismanagement, nor the source of various destabilizing elements.

Two years later, in a cabinet discussion on pharmaceutical imports, she spoke out against listing a generic alternative to Vasotec, on the grounds that it would cause confusion among consumers.