Nonetheless, when dealing with success of the great civilizations, more than half of the students still hold to a classificatory conception of human populations based on the existence of superior intellectual abilities.
It is a very French conception, and we hold to it. . . .
Second, they appear to hold something like a conception of virtues as stable character traits that are resistant to undue situational influences.
Moreover, if one holds on to a Cartesian conception of the mind, it is not clear how appealing to empathy, as conceived of by Lipps, should help us in conceiving of mental states as belonging to another mind.
But we also hold a conception of the world which we inherited from older moral and religious traditions.
In 1971, Sweden followed Denmark's lead in legalizing porn, and soon the porn industry in these countries was booming, leading to a conception — still held among baby boomers — of Denmark and Sweden as "sexy countries," though neither has been a large-scale porn producer in decades.
Baudelaire's self-image, and by extension the conception of him held by many of his biographers, centers on the idea that he is an exceptional case, a genius who cannot be held to prosaic standards of behavior and character.
However, 28.9% (n = 22) of participants held to one misconception and 4.0% (n = 3) revealed misconceptions associated with both statements 11 and 14. Analysis revealed 57.9% of participants (n = 44) held correct conceptions for both statements 13 and 14.
He maintained that scholarship could produce historical truth; he held a conception of the divine will that linked it to the existing nation-states of 19th-century Europe; and he possessed a considerable literary gift.
For the manner in which the initial security council resolution was contorted out of all recognition from the protection of civilians to, in effect, outright regime change has left a sour taste in the mouths of powers like China, Russia and India who still hold an absolute conception of state sovereignty".
