By contrast, in mainstream Analytical philosophy the topic is more confined to abstract investigation, in the work of such influential theorists as W. V. O. Quine, to name one of many.

* This article only considers the mainstream Christian views, in contrast to, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Adventism, Early Christianity, Nontrinitarianism and others.

* This article only considers the mainstream Jewish views, in contrast to Karaite Judaism.

She was also attracted to the music of more mainstream artists like Olivia Newton-John and The Police, perhaps explaining the contrast in her later music between sweet, melodic " pop " songs and more hard rock oriented material.

) In 1999, Susan Blackmore, a psychologist at the University of the West of England, published The Meme Machine, which more fully worked out the ideas of Dennett, Lynch, and Brodie and attempted to compare and contrast them with various approaches from the cultural evolutionary mainstream, as well as providing novel, and controversial, memetic-based theories for the evolution of language and the human sense of individual selfhood.

In the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands.

This is in contrast to various independent media, such as alternative weekly newspapers, specialized magazines in various organizations and corporations, and various electronic sources such as podcasts and blogs ( Though certain blogs are more mainstream than others given their association with a mainstream source.

In contrast to many country's, Italy's roots revival has resulted in very little mainstream success.

Today's mainstream social conservatives, in contrast to " small-government " conservatives and " states-rights " advocates, have increasingly appealed to federal legislators and Presidential candidates with the notion that the federal government should bear the responsibility to overrule the states in order to preserve their stated ideal of traditional values ; this is not to take away from the fact that a significant portion of " small-government " and " states-rights " conservatives also share many of the ideals of mainstream social conservatives.

The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game ( often called " tackle football " for contrast ), but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier (" deflagging ") to end a down.

Industrial relations scholarship assumes that labor markets are not perfectly competitive and thus, in contrast to mainstream economic theory, employers typically have greater bargaining power than employees.

The short films he compiled from the daily video footage brought a unique historical and humanitarian perspective to the events that was in stark contrast to the coverage of much of the mainstream media.

Touch football is a variant of American football in which the basic rules are similar to those of the mainstream game ( called " tackle football " for contrast ), but instead of tackling players to the ground, the person carrying the ball need only be touched by a member of the opposite team to end a down.

In contrast, mainstream publishers, whether major companies or small presses, derive their profit from sales of the book to persons other than the author.

In contrast, mainstream commercial technology at the time was in the 3 to 5 μm range.

Examples of firm using a focus strategy include Southwest Airlines, which provides short-haul point-to-point flights in contrast to the hub-and-spoke model of mainstream carriers, and Family Dollar.

He is an unscrupulous, cunning intrigant, but in contrast to mainstream versions his motives are understandable.

In contrast to the melodrama of the mainstream theatre of the 19th century, lurid actions ( such as Konstantin's suicide attempts ) are not shown onstage.

MRR reinforces the values of the punk underground by remaining independent and not-for-profit in contrast to the small number of the major media conglomerates which fund most mainstream artists.

A fakaleiti ( or leiti or fakafefine or lady ) is a Tongan male who behaves in effeminate ways, in contrast to mainstream Tongan men, who tend to be very masculine.

She became known for literary works that portrayed indigenous people in a positive light, in contrast to the mainstream views of her society.

This ease of access to stage performers was another contrast to mainstream rock festivals in the same era.

In contrast to other academic titles ( Professor, Associate Professor and Assistance Professor ), the use of Doctor as a title has not been recognized by the Royal Institute of Thailand.

In contrast to this traditional classification, some academic departments organize scholarship into thematic categories, including political philosophy, political behavior ( including public opinion, collective action, and identity ), and political institutions ( including legislatures and international organizations ).

In contrast to Amundsen's earlier expeditions, this expedition had a clear academic profile, with geophysicist Harald Sverdrup on board.

RIPEMD-160 was designed in the open academic community, in contrast to the NSA-designed SHA-1 and SHA-2 algorithms.

By contrast, the American academic geography of that time was dominated by the Berkeley School of Cultural Geography led by Carl O. Sauer, while the spatial distribution of social groups was already studied by the Chicago School of Sociology.

In contrast, linear could describe the painting of artists such as Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Ingres, whose works depend on creating the illusion of a degree of three-dimensionality by means of " modeling the form " through skillful drawing, shading, and an academic rather than impulsive use of color.

By contrast, Jacques was bored by academic study and left after a year.

By contrast, the origin in post-War Britain, while employing irony and parody, was more academic with a focus on the dynamic and paradoxical imagery of American popular culture as powerful, manipulative symbolic devices that were affecting whole patterns of life, while improving prosperity of a society.

In contrast, North Korea eliminated the use of hanja even in academic publications by 1949, a situation which has since remained unchanged.

As articulated in the sociological works of leading Chinese academic Fei Xiaotong, the Chinese — in contrast to other societies — tend to see social relations in terms of networks rather than boxes.

The programming was also noted for being dry and academic, with little consideration given to entertainment value, a marked contrast to commercial television.

In contrast, writer and academic Louis Menand thought that teachers assign the novel because of the optimistic ending, to teach adolescent readers that " alienation is just a phase.

By contrast with sociology, social studies courses often consist of a general and opinion-led discussion of topics without reference to academic theorists or research.

" In contrast, Valerie Steele contends, " Paglia has been attacked as an academic conservative, in league with Allan Bloom and other defenders of the ' Western canon ,' but no conservative would be so explicitly approving of pornography, homosexuality, and rock-and-roll.

Like the colleges within the University of Wales, it is to many intents and purposes an independent university but, in contrast, has made no moves towards altering its name, and shares substantial academic and support resources with other colleges of the University.

In contrast to the general prekindergarten population, disadvantaged children and those attending schools with " low levels of academic instruction " get the largest and most lasting academic gains.

This is in contrast with service academies which include academic instruction leading to a Bachelor degree.

By contrast, European " academic " painting was devoted to a sort of Big Lie that the surface of the canvas is only an enchanted doorway to a " real " scene unfolding beyond, and that the artist's main task is to distract the viewer from any disenchanting awareness of the presence of the painted canvas.

Hugill's old-time sailor image helped bolster the perceived authoritative nature of his work, in contrast to the academic, " landlubber " appearance of many previous scholars.

In contrast to many of the academic folklorists who had collected shanties before him, Hugill possessed the look and pedigree of an old-time sailor, and he was able to actually perform the songs from his collection at sea music festivals.

The object of such a title is to contrast the character of my arguments and conclusions with those of the classical theory of the subject, upon which I was brought up and which dominates the economic thought, both practical and theoretical, of the governing and academic classes of this generation, as it has for a hundred years past.

In contrast to earlier amateur collectors, the Lomaxes were also among the first to attempt to apply scholarly methodology in their work, though they did not adhere to the strict empirical positivism adopted by the subsequent generation of academic folklorists, who believed in refraining from drawing conclusions about the data they amassed.

In jazz, he found " the rhythmic drive, the risk, the absolute contrast to the pale, academic approach I had been taught.