The phrase "argued that while we" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when presenting a point of view or argument that acknowledges a condition or situation involving "we" in a discussion or analysis.
Example: "The researchers argued that while we recognize the importance of climate change, immediate action is still necessary."
Alternatives: "contended that although we" or "asserted that even though we".
James argued that while we human beings are, Spencer's social Darwinism to the contrary, capable of improving our societies, we need the new beliefs, ideas, and volitions of individuals to move those societies forward.
Mr. Obama argued that, "while we are not a claimant in the South China Sea dispute, and while we do not take sides, we have a powerful stake in maritime security in general, and in the resolution of the South China Sea issue specifically — as a resident Pacific power, as a maritime nation, as a trading nation and as a guarantor of security in the Asia Pacific region".
In response to Bork's complaint that constitutional privacy protection is not at all about privacy but only concerns liberty or autonomy, it has been successfully argued that while we have multiple individual liberties such as freedom of expression, many do not seem to be about anything particularly personal or related to the types of concerns we might be willing and able to see as privacy issues.
In an email to HuffPost Thursday, Safi argued that while "we need to hang on to and honor freedom of speech," people still need to be mindful of how they use that freedom.
George Lakoff, professor of cognitive linguistics at the University of California, argues that while we claim to listen to surface argument, it is really the deeper metaphors embodied in our language that create our attitudes.
He argues that, while we spent 16.6percentnt more on credit cards during December - a total of £8.4 billion - the average proportion of balances that were being charged interest was down significantly in the first 11 months of 2000, from 77.8percentntoto to 74.1percentnt.
Mullane (1965) takes up Freud's observation that we often do assume responsibility for the content of our dreams and argues that while we don't have full control over our dreams, they are not completely involuntary either; rather, as is the case for blushing, considerable effort is required to attain control over our dreams.
Second, some researchers with a strong belief in a biopsychosocial approach, according to which all disorders have biological, psychological, and social dimensions, argue that, while we should maintain a distinction between the psychological and the biological ways of understanding people's illnesses, no particular illness is purely mental or purely physical.
Planck [1909] argues that while we once defined heat according to sensations, the study of heat has gone beyond this, now being under the purview of electrodynamics and kinetic theory; similarly, tones and color are now understood as frequencies or wavelengths.
One can resist this move by arguing that while we are physical beings, most of us have the capacity to use reason to think about our options, to weigh reasons for and against them, and to choose these being the key abilities for being responsible agents who can deserve punishment if they choose to do wrong (Morse 2004).
Dr Austin argues that while we are actually quite good at countering state-sponsored espionage against government departments, "we don't have the capability of tracking foreign espionage against the country's political leaders".
