We have emphasized the Warriors' unexpectedly strong defense, and the roles Bogut and Andre Iguodala have played in transforming Golden State's defensive philosophy.
The third work is devoted to a defense of philosophy against his predecessor al-Ghazālī's telling attack directed against Avicenna and al-Qārābī in particular.
But with the hands of both jurists and theologians thus strengthened, Averroës' defense of philosophy continued to be conducted within an unfavourable atmosphere.
Undoubtedly his most important writings are three closely connected religious-philosophical polemical treatises, composed in the years 1179 and 1180: the Faṣl al-Maḳāl with its appendix; the Kashf al-Manāhij; and the Tahāfut al-Tahāfut in defense of philosophy.
Florian lit into the governor with a passionate and articulate defense of philosophy and the humanities generally, countering the idea that by dropping liberal arts curricula at public universities in favor of vocational training, we would be preventing the ascendancy of an "educated elite".
Moreover, one may argue that the book is a defense of philosophy as much as it is a defense of religion.
So, while what follows inevitably will unfold as a defense of philosophy (yet again! [3]), it is a principled defense, not a petty one, and it most certainly doesn't come from any kind of science envy.
Their issues stretch wide, from offense to defense, and philosophies and mentalities.
Coach Bruce Boudreau and the team's captain, Alex Ovechkin, embraced a defense-first philosophy that transformed the exciting, attacking Capitals into a somewhat duller team.
The Capitals turned to a defense-first philosophy last season, but that did not work either, as they were swept in the playoffs against Tampa Bay.
