Sentence examples for alternative thesis from inspiring English sources

For those attracted to the general approach of understanding our essence in terms of psychological capacities, a promising alternative thesis is that we are essentially beings with the capacity for at least some form of consciousness who die upon irreversibly losing that very basic capacity.

The good-first theory corresponds to the thesis that states of affairs are the "primary bearers" of value; the value-first theory corresponds to the alternative thesis that it is things like pleasure or goodness (or perhaps their instances) that are the "primary bearers" of value.

So an alternative thesis for us: What if real change came not from attacking a global problem directly, but by focusing first on changing ourselves internally?

It has only been in recent years that an alternative thesis in which the frieze depicts the founding myth of the city of Athens instead of the festival pompe has emerged.

However, the increase in medical student numbers has not been matched by an increase in numbers of senior hospital clinicians, and the alternative thesis is that now is the time to harness the proven skills and expertise already in the community medical arena in postgraduate education and to develop this newer group of teachers in delivering innovative undergraduate education.

The best way to enrich a field of debate is to offer alternative theses, rather than criticise those which exist.

(A dramatic alternative is to reveal your thesis at the end, but this is generally not advisable in a college paper).

Without reducing creaturely possibilities to God's actually exemplified perfections (as idealists do with extension), Spinoza presents an alternative grounding thesis and a challenge.

If Roberts's overarching thesis is simplistic, he is nevertheless right in his scathing analysis of some of the market alternatives.

Peirce had not pursued his interpretation of the nature of belief as requiring "conceivable practical consequences" in a direction which would lead to the elimination of metaphysical hypotheses as unverifiable, but had argued for alternative metaphysical theses.

By itself, that might spur a rebound in activity in the second half of the year.The alternative, less palatable thesis is that the stimulus delivered by central banks and governments since late 2008 and early 2009 is now starting to fade.