Sentence examples for erroneous conception of from inspiring English sources

On the basis of such an erroneous conception of causation, many philosophers have arrived at the equally mistaken conclusion that there must be an incompatibility between determinism and freedom.

This erroneous conception was based on the writings of French naturalist Jean Baptiste Lamarck, whose classification scheme grouped strombids with carnivorous sea snails.

He devoted great attention to the pathology of tumours, but the importance of his papers on malignant tumours and of his three-volume work on that subject (Die krankhaften Geschwülste, 1863 67) was somewhat marred by his erroneous conception that malignancy results from a conversion (metaplasia) of connective tissue.

These cognitions involved erroneous conceptions about the causes and consequences of insomnia, or unrealistic expectations in terms of what one's nights should be like.

It may be briefly characterized as follows: When someone responds to object O, his response depends upon a conception of O that may, in fact, be erroneous.

His conception of truth is exceedingly stringent.

The problem is our conception of freedom.

This failure can be attributed not only to Kircher's erroneous assumption that the hieroglyphs must correspond phonetically to an alphabet but primarily to the fact that he was most interested in the Renaissance conception of a supposed symbolic meaning constituting the deeper significance of hieroglyphs.

"First: a conception of the common good.

Do you have no conception of quiet?

Mr. Herreweghe's conception of the "St.