Sentence examples for different conceptions about from inspiring English sources

Lolis Eric Elie, a columnist for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, offered this explanation: "The French here in New Orleans had different conceptions about slavery than the English in the rest of the country.

In the literature on citizenship policy and national identity, such cross-country variations are traditionally seen as reflections of very different conceptions about the boundaries of the national community.

Across the research funding bodies, participants held different conceptions about the function of PP/PE within research generally.

You see, I have a different conception about fashion.

If it is evil to sadistically, yet painlessly, destroy someone's reputation, and only painful experiences are harmful, then some evil actions are not harmful (for more about different conceptions of harm see Nagel 1970; Kagan 1998, 29 41).

I also agree with you that the chasm between Obama and Netanyahu is not just about personalities: it is about two utterly different conceptions of history in general and Jewish history in particular.

Even the language used by each side reflects basically different conceptions of what politics is about.

It is, again, a book about philosophy, contrasting different conceptions of the subject, and defending Strawson's own conception of the nature and value of analysis.

The difference may be ascribed to different conceptions of displacement.

They live, eat, play and study with peers who have different backgrounds and identities: different races, different nationalities, different sexual orientations, different religious beliefs, and about all of these, different conceptions and misconceptions.

Instead of pitting conceptions of value against conceptions of rights, it has been suggested that there may be two different conceptions of intrinsic value in play in discussion about environmental good and evil.