Sentence examples for conceptual boundary from inspiring English sources

[Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, I, §99 (1953: 45e)] "It is unnatural to draw a conceptual boundary line where there is not some special justification for it, where similarities would constantly draw us across the arbitrarily drawn line".

Nor do people's beliefs in its being taboo to blur sharp and significant conceptual boundaries explain their negative reaction, because the conceptual boundary between humans and non-humans is not sharp.

Kane [ 1] stated that the passing score is a point on the observed-score scale whereas the standard is a conceptual boundary on the true-score scale between acceptable and non-acceptable performance.

By "community" is meant certain characteristics referred to in community-based natural resource management including, having reasonably defined decision-making processes; being a homogenous unit (sometimes ethnic) with shared goals and values; having traditional resource use systems and livelihood strategies; and also having a clear spatial or conceptual boundary (Armitage 2005; Li 2002).

Most are unhealthy, and some push the conceptual boundaries of food into new territory.

Described as a visionary and iconoclast who consistently ignores disciplinary and conceptual boundaries, Dr. Roughgarden always draws a good crowd.

Crime-fighting is still the N.Y.P.D.'s primary mission, but counterterrorism has really expanded the operational and conceptual boundaries of traditional police work.

Like the controversial work of the artists dubbed "YBAs" in the late nineties, McQueen's designs pushed aesthetic and conceptual boundaries to such a degree they were reset in the public consciousness.

Moreover, the scholarly debate has sometimes accepted over-optimistic assumptions about the sharpness of conceptual boundaries.

However, their mere existence confirms a surprising prediction and stretches the conceptual boundaries of chemistry.

As is known, Postmodernism has early origins and larger temporal and conceptual boundaries.