It was at Princeton that he first encountered arguments in defense of capitalism.
We were prevented from encountering arguments examining how this idea of "more" (or, in economic terms, of a surplus) contributed fundamentally to the systemic inequalities that define capitalist societies.
XINGHE, China — A delegation of senior American economic officials led by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. churned through a long day of meetings Wednesday with their Chinese counterparts, picking and poking at many economic issues while encountering arguments from the Chinese on several fronts.
Here are some of the most frequently encountered arguments against the meme concept (the remainder of this section draws on Lewens, 2007, Ch. 7): Both of these concerns raise serious problems for the generality of memetics: not all ideas are replicators, hence not all ideas are memes.
Dr. Krauss, who has battled creationists over biology instruction in the public schools in Ohio, said he had encountered anthropic arguments as an argument for fine-tuning, the idea that God had fixed the universe just for us.
Around Canberra it's possible to encounter the argument – a pretty tinny, half-hearted one – that we can't depart from our American friends on this (other US allies do, regularly – the UK, France, Germany).
(Yes, that sounds a touch ridiculous, but I assure you that we'll encounter that argument, loudly and immediately).
If the reporters and editors involved were good, they'd meet no one and encounter no argument they weren't already familiar with.
As someone who is black and lesbian, it's tiring and absurd to encounter the argument that the black civil rights movement somehow exclusively owns the ability to use "civil rights".
But there was little interest in encountering solid arguments that might undermine one's own position.
