Contemporary mathematical empiricism, formulated by Quine and Putnam, is primarily supported by the indispensability argument: mathematics is indispensable to all empirical sciences, and if we want to believe in the reality of the phenomena described by the sciences, we ought also believe in the reality of those entities required for this description.

Contemporary scholars such as Huston Smith, William Chittick, Harry Oldmeadow, James Cutsinger and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have advocated Perennialism as an alternative to secularist approach to religious phenomena.

Contemporary artist, Tom Mazzullo completed a complex series of large silver, copper and goldpoint still-life drawings inspired by subatomic phenomena and images of deep space that measure 22 × 30 inches each.

Contemporary sociologists do not generally dispute that social phenomena take place within the natural universe and, as such, are subject to natural constraints, such as the laws of physics.

Contemporary set theorists also study axioms that are not compatible with the axiom of choice, such as the axiom of determinacy.

Increased interest in modern a cappella ( particularly collegiate a cappella ) can be seen in the growth of awards such as the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ( overseen by the Contemporary A Cappella Society ) and competitions such as the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for college groups and the Harmony Sweepstakes for all groups.

Contemporary scholars and patriots such as Noah Webster, John Trumbull, and Joel Barlow were instrumental in securing the passage of these statutes.

Contemporary colloquial Cantonese has distinct loanwords from English, such as 卡通 " cartoon ", 基佬 " gay people ", 的士 " taxi ", and 巴士 " bus ".

Contemporary critics such as Webbe and Puttenham praised his poetic ability, and his verses were published in several poetry miscellanies.

Contemporary analysis distinguishes tangible, physical, or nonhuman capital goods from other forms of capital such as human capital.

Contemporary filmmakers such as Woody Allen, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Pedro Almodovar, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica, David Lynch, Girish Kasaravalli, David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, and Juraj Jakubisko have cited Fellini's influence on their work.

Contemporary examples of modern German-style board games referred to as German-style, such as Acquire, appeared in the 1960s.

Contemporary American writers in this tradition include Joyce Carol Oates, in such novels as Bellefleur and A Bloodsmoor Romance and short story collections such as Night-Side ( Skarda 1986b ) and Raymond Kennedy in his novel Lulu Incognito.

Contemporary hypnotism makes use of a wide variety of different forms of suggestion including: direct verbal suggestions, " indirect " verbal suggestions such as requests or insinuations, metaphors and other rhetorical figures of speech, and non-verbal suggestion in the form of mental imagery, voice tonality, and physical manipulation.

Contemporary literary theory, however, denies the attribution of such fixed meanings.

Contemporary developments in logic and the foundations of mathematics, especially Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead's monumental Principia Mathematica, impressed the more mathematically minded logical positivists such as Hans Hahn and Rudolf Carnap.

The difference is mostly in the era and styles covered -- Easy Listening is mostly older music done in the style of standards from the early 20th century ( typical artists include Johnny Mathis and Frank Sinatra ) combined with Big Band music and more modern performers in the same style such as Céline Dion and Josh Groban, while Adult Contemporary focuses more on newer pop music from the 1970s on.

Since the late 1980s especially, prose poetry has gained increasing popularity, with entire journals, such as The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online and Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose devoted to that genre.

Contemporary Paganism, or Neopaganism, includes reconstructed religions such as the Cultus Deorum Romanorum, Hellenic polytheism, Slavic neopaganism ( i. e. Slavianstvo, including Rodnovery ), Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, or Germanic religious reconstructionism, as well as modern eclectic traditions such as Discordianism, Wicca and its many offshoots.

Contemporary charity is regarded as a continuation of the Biblical Maaser Ani, or poor-tithe, as well as Biblical practices, such as permitting the poor to glean the corners of a field and harvest during the Shmita ( Sabbatical year ).

Contemporary debates have centered on issues such as secularization, civil religion, and the cohesiveness of religion in the context of globalization and multiculturalism.

Contemporary ideas from systems theory have grown with diversified areas, exemplified by the work of biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, linguist Béla H. Bánáthy, ecological systems with Howard T. Odum, Eugene Odum and Fritjof Capra, organizational theory and management with individuals such as Peter Senge, interdisciplinary study with areas like Human Resource Development from the work of Richard A. Swanson, and insights from educators such as Debora Hammond and Alfonso Montuori.

Contemporary books are more likely to be set with state-of-the-art seriffed " text romans " or " book romans " with design values echoing present-day design arts, which are closely based on traditional models such as those of Nicolas Jenson, Francesco Griffo ( a punchcutter who created the model for Aldine typefaces ), and Claude Garamond.

Though it did not chart as an album, it produced two singles which appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio chart.

Category: Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles

Category: RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles

They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts.

The album would top the album charts, release five singles on the Adult Contemporary Charts and win the band two Grammys.

In 1986 they enjoyed renewed success with their album The Other Side of Life and in particular with the track " Your Wildest Dreams " – a US Top 10 hit ( and No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for two weeks ) which garnered a Billboard Video of the Year award after being frequently featured on MTV.

The combined ensemble was known as the San Remo Golden Strings and enjoyed two hit singles: " Hungry for Love " (# 3 Adult Contemporary ) and " I'm Satisfied ", which charted on the Billboard Top 100.

Category: Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles

Kenny G's cover of " The Way You Move ", which was released in November 2004 and charted at number 12 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart, featured the band with Maurice and Philip on lead vocals.

Despite her declining success on the Hot 100, Francis remained a top concert draw, and her singles – now following a more mature style – were charting on the top quarter of Billboard's Adult Contemporary ( AC ) Charts and sometimes even reached Billboard's Country Charts.

Hotcakes included two top ten singles, " Mockingbird ", a duet with James Taylor that peaked at # 5 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and " Haven't Got Time For the Pain ", which hit # 2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Simon's singles were generally less successful in the 1980s, although most of them did quite well on Adult Contemporary radio formats.

It produced three hit singles: " Ventura Highway " which peaked at # 8 on the Billboard singles chart and # 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart ; " Don't Cross the River " which hit # 35 on Billboard and # 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart ; and " Only in Your Heart " peaked at # 62 on Billboard's Pop singles chart.

The single " Piano Man ", a fictionalized retelling of Joel's days as a lounge singer in Los Angeles, peaked at # 25 on Billboards Pop Singles chart, and at # 4 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.

Surprisingly it was her last Top 40 Pop hit, but Manchester continued to place singles on the Adult Contemporary charts throughout the 1980s.

Category: Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles

Up until 1970, her singles began to chart on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

Some of these songs were recorded under Columbia and were released as Adult Contemporary singles, including David Houston's " Almost Persuaded " and Tammy Wynette's " Stand by Your Man.