Discoveries made during the last decade of the 20th century have dramatically altered conceptions of human origins and evolution.
The nineteenth century witnessed profound developments in neurological and psychological sciences, developments that fundamentally altered conceptions of embodiment, agency, and mind.
Of course, in the past 90 years, technology has done its own part to alter conceptions of space and time, and this summer, our Office of Design and Construction and Office of Information Technology joined forces to bring McCosh 50 into the 21st century while maintaining its historic ambience.
They instantaneously and forever altered the conception of Sichuan as a cultural backwater during the Shang period.
"All of this has permanently altered my conception of what a puppet theater can be at its best," Mr. Cohen wrote.
With its "urbanity, its beauty, its comfort, its low-key aura of luxurious intimacy, the quiet aesthetic harmony of its thousand details -- the warm habitation as a rich work of art," the town house, Zuckerman says, "altered my conception of life as much as the University of Chicago would when I enrolled there a year and a half later".
Mr. Cohen wrote in an e-mail message how he was "delighted to see that another form of traditional puppet theater was being practiced not far away". He was captivated by "the spectacle of heads being chopped off and puppets falling lifeless to the ground". "All of this has permanently altered my conception of what a puppet theater can be at its best," Mr. Cohen wrote.
Correspondingly, bariatric surgery has altered the conception of obesity from being weakness of the will to become a metabolic condition which can easily be treated (Hofmann, 2010).
One example is prenatal ultrasound altering conceptions of one's own body, pregnancy, and being expecting (including moral dilemmas of abortion) (Verbeek, 2008).
Here the tests may alter persons' conception of their health and make them feel ill.
