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In particular, he argues that while animals show lower intelligence than the average human, many severely intellectually challenged humans show equally diminished, if not lower, mental capacity, and that some animals have displayed signs of intelligence ( for example, primates learning elements of American sign language and other symbolic languages ) sometimes on par with that of human children, and that therefore intelligence does not provide a basis for providing nonhuman animals any less consideration than such intellectually challenged humans.
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In particular, the other minds reply argues that we can't use our experience of consciousness to answer questions about other minds ( even the mind of a computer ), and the epiphenomena reply argues that Searle's consciousness does not " exist " in the sense that Searle thinks it does.
Christine, through Lady Reason in particular, argues that stereotypes of woman can be sustained only if women are prevented from entering the dominant male-oriented conversation.
In this particular text, Christine argues that women must recognize and promote their ability to make peace.
Among economists more generally, it argues that a particular definition presented may reflect the direction toward which the author believes economics is evolving, or should evolve.
Christine Clay ( Pamela Carme ), a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy ( George Curzon ), who makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat on the English coast.
He argues in favor of a society organized around a market order, in which the apparatus of state is employed almost ( though not entirely ) exclusively to enforce the legal order ( consisting of abstract rules, and not particular commands ) necessary for a market of free individuals to function.
He argues that the term " justice " actually refers to two different but related ideas: general justice and particular justice.
Steven DeRose argues that HTML's use of descriptive markup ( and SGML in particular ) was a major factor in the success of the Web, because of the flexibility and extensibility that it enabled ( other factors include the notion of URLs and the free distribution of browsers ).
Just as he argues that there is no particular reason why particular macroscopic physical features in the brain should give rise to consciousness, he also thinks that there is no particular reason why a particular quantum feature, such as the electromagnetic field in the brain, should give rise to consciousness, either.
The theorist Benedict Anderson argues that nations are " imagined communities " ( the members cannot possibly know each other ), and that the main causes of nationalism and the creation of an imagined community are the reduction of privileged access to particular script languages ( such as Latin ), the movement to abolish the ideas of divine rule and monarchy, as well as the emergence of the printing press under a system of capitalism ( or, as Anderson calls it, print-capitalism ).
Indeed, he argues that any course of action can be made out to accord with some particular rule, and that therefore a rule cannot be used to explain an action.
He argues that it is possible to distinguish the moral impulse of utilitarianism, which is “ to define the right as good consequences and to motivate people to achieve these ” from our ability to correctly apply rational principles which will among other things “ depend on the perceived facts of the case and on the particular moral actor ’ s mental equipment .” The fact that the latter is limited and can change doesn ’ t mean that the former has to be rejected.
The brain map of an individual, he argues, can be altered by this activation to create a larger area of the brain activated by a particular type of sensory experience.
One article distributed this way is " Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf ", in which Lakoff argues that the particular conceptual metaphors used by the first Bush administration to justify American involvement in the Gulf ended up either obscuring reality, or putting a spin on the facts that was accommodating to the administration's case for military action.
Psychoanalytic theory, in particular the claimed existence of an Oedipus complex which instead of instinctual aversion against incest argues for instinctual desire, has influenced many theorists seeking to explain the incest taboo using sociological theories.
Bishop states that while the constant flux of HCE's character and attributes may lead us to consider him as an " anyman ," he argues that " the sheer density of certain repeated details and concerns allows us to know that he is a particular, real Dubliner.
In particular, Snow argues that the quality of education in the world is on the decline.
Indeed, modern libertarianism characterizes the majority of laws as intrusive to personal autonomy and, in particular, argues that the right of self-defense from coercion ( including violence ) is a fundamental human right, and in all cases, with no exceptions, justifies all uses of violence stemming from this right, regardless whether in defense of the person or property.
David N. Dumville argues that the manuscript tradition and nature of the Prologue in particular fail to substantiate the claim that Nennius authored Historia Brittonum.
However, Eliade argues against those he calls " historicist or existentialist philosophers " who do not recognize " man in general " behind particular men produced by particular situations ( Eliade cites Immanuel Kant as the likely forerunner of this kind of " historicism ").
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The potters, in particular, had virtually eschewed freehand drawing, elaborate motifs, and the curving lines of nature, while yet expressing a belief that there was order in the universe.
Although " android " is used almost universally to refer to both sexes, and those of no particular sex, " android " technically refers to the male form, while " gynoid " is the feminine form.
Thus, a Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and an agnostic might agree that, in this particular case, the best approach is to withhold extraordinary medical care, while disagreeing on the reasons that support their individual positions.
For ships, a kedge may be dropped while a ship is underway, or carried out in a suitable direction by a tender or ship's boat to enable the ship to be winched off if aground or swung into a particular heading, or even to be held steady against a tidal or other stream.
He also spoke of the particular ruthlessness of the Alamani in destroying Christian sanctuaries and plundering churches while the genuine Franks were respectful towards those sanctuaries.
Although he is sometimes regarded as among the first and most influential architects of Nordic modernism, a closer examination of the historical facts reveals that Aalto ( while a pioneer in Finland ) closely followed and had personal contacts with other pioneers in Sweden, in particular Gunnar Asplund and Sven Markelius.
For example, if a program needs 20 hours using a single processor core, and a particular portion of 1 hour cannot be parallelized, while the remaining promising portion of 19 hours ( 95 %) can be parallelized, then regardless of how many processors we devote to a parallelized execution of this program, the minimum execution time cannot be less than that critical 1 hour.
While the atypical ( second-generation ) antipsychotics were marketed as offering greater efficacy in reducing psychotic symptoms while reducing side effects ( and Extrapyramidal symptoms in particular ) than typical medications, the results showing these effects often lacked robustness, and the assumption was increasingly challenged even as atypical prescriptions were soaring.
While still a deacon under Alexander's care, he seems to have been brought for a while into close relations with some of the solitaries of the Egyptian desert, and in particular with the Anthony the Great, whose life he is said to have written.
Taviers was of particular importance to the Franco-Bavarian position: it protected the otherwise unsupported flank of General de Guiscard ’ s cavalry on the open plain, while at the same time, it allowed the French infantry to pose a threat to the flanks of the Dutch and Danish squadrons as they came forward into position.
This shows in particular that is a natural number for any natural numbers n and k. There are many other combinatorial interpretations of binomial coefficients ( counting problems for which the answer is given by a binomial coefficient expression ), for instance the number of words formed of n bits ( digits 0 or 1 ) whose sum is k is given by, while the number of ways to write where every a < sub > i </ sub > is a nonnegative integer is given by.
Sometimes the problem is not that a statute is unconstitutional, but the application of it is, on a particular occasion, and a court may decide that while there are ways it could be applied that are constitutional, that instance was not allowed or legitimate.
According to Berlet and Lyons, " Conspiracism is a particular narrative form of scapegoating that frames demonized enemies as part of a vast insidious plot against the common good, while it valorizes the scapegoater as a hero for sounding the alarm ".
It appears that the particular term, with its more definite sense, was coined by Heisenberg in the 1950s, while criticizing alternate " interpretations " ( e. g., David Bohm's ) that had been developed.
Besides the Gregorian calendar, the Julian calendar, the Aztec calendar, and the Hindu calendar have cycles of years that are used to delineate whole time periods ; the Hindu calendar, in particular, summarizes its years into groups of 60, while the Aztec calendar considers groups of 52.
The events of the book, while not to be tied to particular historical events, still describe the sorts of things that will happen until Christ returns.
Even in cases of real crimes, the positive laws frequently punish only the particular offence, while in public opinion the offender, even after he has undergone punishment, is still incapacitated for certain honours and distinctions which are granted only to persons of unblemished character.
The Canadian Great Lakes region has similarities to that of the Upper Midwest & Great Lakes region and / or Yooper dialect ( in particular Michigan which has extensive cultural and economic ties with Ontario ), while the phonological system of western Canadian English is virtually identical to that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and the phonetics are similar.
Some relate directly to particular algorithms and techniques, while others are produced together.
Such gods, while keeping the original features of celestial divinities, i. e. transcendent heavenly power and abstention from direct rule in worldly matters, did not share the fate of other celestial gods in Indoeuropean religions-that of becoming dei otiosi or gods without practical purpose, since they did retain a particular sort of influence over the world and mankind.
In this particular example the title has been given a default value, while the position has not.
( In particular, older editions of Settlers did not come with a frame for their board ; a separate add-on was made available for players of the older-edition Settlers games, containing the newer edition frames, so as to make them compatible with the newer edition of Seafarers ; the older edition of Seafarers included a square frame, and while both older and newer editions of the frames have the same width across, the newer edition is not square-shaped, and is longer down the middle of the board compared to the sides.
Eastern Orthodoxy typically views the purely doctrinal canons as dogmatic and applicable to the entire church at all times, while the disciplinary canons apply to a particular time and place and may or may not be applicable in other situations.
It was of particular interest that Eusebius was nearly persecuted because of his close relationship to the Emperor Licinius while serving as Bishop of Nicomedia during Licinius ' reign.
Mountbatten's qualification for offering advice to this particular heir to the throne was unique ; it was he who had arranged the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Dartmouth Royal Naval College on 22 July 1939, taking care to include the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in the invitation, but assigning his nephew, Cadet Prince Philip of Greece, to keep them amused while their parents toured the facility.
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