It may also be deployed as intentional ambiguity, or reversal of meaning ( for example, naming a state of war " peace ").

Nevertheless there are many instances of ambiguity in the corpus, some of which may be intentional, and some evidence that, rather than merely accepting it from expediency, skalds favoured contorted word order for its own sake.

Writer – director Robin Hardy has stated that the ambiguity was intentional, but that fans of The Wicker Man will immediately recognise Lee's character as Lord Summerisle.

Enrico Livrea suggests that both interpretations are correct, and the ambiguity of the section is intentional.

I wrote it that way on purpose, leaving some intentional ambiguity, because I wanted it to lie somewhat between both camps and not entirely in either.

The intentional ambiguity of avatar is meant to symbolically reflect an important question: Is the future of humankind becoming luminous or more dim?

One of the most common criticisms of the movement and its leadership is that of intellectual dishonesty, in the form of misleading impressions created by the use of rhetoric, intentional ambiguity, and misrepresented evidence.

This, along with the intentional ambiguity of the finale caused bafflement and a great deal of anger amongst the public and McGoohan claimed he was ‘ hounded ’ out of the country after the episode was shown.

In addition to words derived naturally from the language's roots ( without any known intentional invention ), English allows new words to be formed by coinage and construction ; place names may be considered words ; technical terms may be arbitrarily long.

However, tort law also recognizes intentional torts, where a person has intentionally acted in a way that harms another, and " strict liability " or quasi-tort, which allows recovery under certain circumstances without the need to demonstrate negligence.

The larger CCD with fewer pixels allows a smaller depth of field for intentional blurred backgrounds in some situations unattainable with the 1 / 6 " CCD.

Karma Yoga allows a joyful embrace of all aspects of life (" intentional acceptance ") while maintaining distinction from the Supreme, while Bhakti & Jnana Yoga advocate striving for oneness with the Supreme.

However, upon comparing this judgement to similar court cases involving heterosexual couples or others whose cruel and sadistic actions resulted in intentional or reckless infliction of injuries with the alleged victim's consent, some legal experts and advocacy groups have noted why they consider the R v Brown judgement to be an example of homophobia in the English legal system, a legislature which allows judges to legislate from the bench using unequal and arbitrary applications of the law, and " paternalism " which intrudes on liberty.

No state allows the intentional release of black carp, sterile or otherwise.

The Battlefield series allows teamkill victims to forgive accidental occurrences and punish intentional acts with a stiffer penalty.

This type of testing allows the simulation of " seeded faults " ( i. e. an intentional hydraulic leak, software error, or computer shutdown ) which serve to validate that an aircraft's redundant design features work as intended.

* Hawaii allows joint and several liability for all economic losses but only for non-economic losses when the underlying tort is intentional, related to environmental pollution or selected other classes.

Biological warfare is the intentional use of living microorganisms or their toxic products for the purpose of destroying or reducing the military effectiveness of man.

Because of a failure by the crew to activate a certain switch in the LM before sealing it off, it initially tumbled after separation and did not execute the rocket burn necessary for the craft's intentional de-orbit.

Noticing that the intentional ball came in too close to the plate, Cabrera swung at the ball, resulting in a base hit, and a run scored for Florida.

A common nickname for the intentional walk is four-finger salute, since most managers call for an intentional walk by holding up four fingers.

The common law, as applied in civil cases ( as distinct from criminal cases ), was devised as a means of compensating someone for wrongful acts known as torts, including both intentional torts and torts caused by negligence, and as developing the body of law recognizing and regulating contracts.

Another way of putting the argument is to say computational computer programs can pass the Turing test for processing the syntax of a language, but that semantics cannot be reduced to syntax in the way Strong AI advocates hoped: processing semantics is conscious and intentional because we use semantics to consciously produce meaning by what we say.

Normally, an employee is watching over several such checkouts to prevent theft or exploitation of the machines ' weaknesses ( for example, intentional misidentification of expensive produce or dry goods ).

Coming from this phenomenological perspective on culturally mediated and socially situated action, Holzkamp launched a devastating and original methodological attack on behaviorism ( which he termed S – R ( stimulus – response ) psychology ) based on linguistic analysis, showing in minute detail the rhetorical patterns by which this approach to psychology creates the illusion of " scientific objectivity " while at the same time losing relevance for understanding culturally situated, intentional human actions.

This rule does not usually apply to intentional torts ( for example, deceit ), and also has stunted applicability to the quantum in negligence where the maxim Intended consequences are never too remote applies ' never ' is inaccurate here but resorts to unforeseeable direct and natural consequences of an act.

As early as 1866, the Civil Rights Act provided a remedy for intentional race discrimination in employment by private employers and state and local public employers.

:" It is my conviction that intentional phenomenology has for the first time made spirit as spirit the field of systematic scientific experience, thus effecting a total transformation of the task of knowledge.

In particular, these include situations where a person kills another, painlessly, but for no reason beyond that of personal gain ; or accidental deaths which are quick and painless, but not intentional.

Michael Wreen argued that “ the principal thing that distinguishes euthanasia from intentional killing simpliciter is the agent's motive: it must be a good motive insofar as the good of the person killed is concerned ”, a view mirrored by Heather Draper, who also spoke to the importance of motive, arguing that " the motive forms a crucial part of arguments for euthanasia, because it must be in the best interests of the person on the receiving end.

While flaming can occur as a result of legitimate debates or grievances, flame trolling implies the intentional posting of inflammatory, grossly offensive or menacing rhetoric or images for the fun of it in order to cause others harm.

One requirement for hard SF is procedural or intentional: a story should try to be accurate, logical, credible and rigorous in its use of current scientific and technical knowledge about which technology, phenomena, scenarios and situations that are practically and / or theoretically possible, and later discoveries do not necessarily invalidate the label.

Liability insurance providers do not provide coverage for liability arising from intentional torts committed by or at the direction of the insured.

The social control that is always associated with intense commitment to a group must therefore be clearly distinguished from the exertion of intentional, methodical influence for the express purpose of manipulation.

* Overriding and overloading: The intentional use of the same name for multiple implementations of an object's method or operation to represent the same data in different ways, for conciseness when multiple similar operations are involved, and / or to alter the implementation of an inherited method to make it more suitable for the narrower definition of the object's data.

* For University of Sydney historian Vicki Grieves, Windschuttle's approach reads as though indigenous people ' were not the intentional targets of the colonisers but accidental targets, mostly through their inability to be realistic, objective, logical and moral, ' and thus the ' seeds of their own destruction ' lay within their own ' psyche and culture '.

He syncretized Abolitionism, Free Love, spiritual universalism, ( Josiah ) Warren, & ( Charles ) Fourier into a grand utopian scheme he called the Universal Pantarchy ... He was instrumental in founding several “ intentional communities ,” including the “ Brownstone Utopia ” on 14th St. in New York, & “ Modern Times ” in Brentwood, Long Island.

One of the earliest definitions of “ collaborative software ” is, " intentional group processes plus software to support them.

Even further back, in 1978 Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz coined the term groupware ; their initial 1978 definition of groupware was, “ intentional group processes plus software to support them .” Later in their article they went on to explain groupware as “ computer-mediated culture ... an embodiment of social organization in hyperspace.

" After that conference, many intentional communities, including Findhorn, began calling themselves “ ecovillages ”, giving birth to a new movement.

Richard Fuchs, author of An Unerring Fire, concludes, “ The affair at Fort Pillow was simply an orgy of death, a mass lynching to satisfy the basest of conduct – intentional murder – for the vilest of reasons – racism and personal enmity .” Andrew Ward downplays the controversy, “ Whether the massacre was premeditated or spontaneous does not address the more fundamental question of whether a massacre took place ... it certainly did, in every dictionary sense of the word .” John Cimprich states, “ The new paradigm in social attitudes and the fuller use of available evidence has favored a massacre interpretation ...

:: Example: " The Sixth Circuit correctly analyzed each charge as a separate offense for jeopardy purposes and held jeopardy terminated for intentional murder even though “ jeopardy on the wanton murder charge may have continued after the trial and successful appeal .” Id.

Husserl countered that consciousness is not “ in ” the mind but rather conscious of something other than itself ( the intentional object ), whether the object is a substance or a figment of imagination ( i. e., the real processes associated with and underlying the figment ).

The album's cover, is indeed an intentional pastiche of The Beatles ' Abbey Road “ street crossing ” album cover.

It often and appropriately includes an esthetic component ", and T. Fleischner, who defines the field even more broadly, as “ A practice of intentional, focused attentiveness and receptivity to the more-than-human world, guided by honesty and accuracy ".

Victor Hamilton notes some “ intentional literary parallels ” between the chapters, such as the exhortation to “ identify ” ( 38: 25-26 and 37: 32-33 ).

Victor Hamilton notes some “ intentional literary parallels ” between the chapters, such as the exhortation to “ identify ” ( 38: 25-26 and 37: 32-33 ).

This domain has primarily been centred on intentional states reflective of an individual's beliefs and desires ; each described in terms of everyday language and concepts such as “ beliefs ”, " desires ”, “ fear ”, and “ hope ".

Figure 2-A schematic representation of folk psychology of belief, desire, intention, and action .. For example, an observer watching Jim ’ s hand grasp the bottom of a basket and move his arm such that the basket is lifted off the table, the observer understands that the moving of the basket from its current position is an intentional action that Jim initiated ; a deduction that can be categorized as a reached via “ common sense ”.

The name can be literally translated as “ New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems ” and bears an intentional resemblance to that of the first anthology.

Some jurisdictions recognize one or more designations less than actual intentional wrongdoing, but more egregious than mere negligence, such as " wanton ", “ reckless ” or “ despicable " conduct.