Sentence examples for material identity from inspiring English sources

Every gesture represents something — masts, rigging, sails, reflections in the water — yet each mark and stain retains its distinctly material identity.

There is material identity when the material cause is the same, either in number (it is a case of the same thing called in different ways) or by species (it is a case of two objects made of the same kind of stuff).

Material distinction is a necessary and sufficient criterion for real difference, traditionally conceived, whereas there is formal distinction if and only if there is one substance in number (i.e. material identity in the strict sense) and a multiplicity of formal principles with different descriptions instantiated by it.

Investigating the conceptual labor behind this proliferating international art practice, Garrett Stewart looks at hundreds of book-like objects, alone or as part of gallery installations, in this original account of works that force attention upon a book's material identity and cultural resonance.

Muslim fashion blogs often seem to perpetuate the reliance on a graphic, material identity to those unfamiliar with Islamic theology and tradition.

"The undeclared war against Indigenous people in North America is marked by an almost unbelievable 'taking' an assault on every element of personal social intellectual and material identity," he told VICE.

The expected regional variation does not set in until several centuries later, when local populations develop distinct material identities.

People don't need expensive building materials, identities or complex regulatory tools to find a pride of place.

And the notorious case of the ship of Theseus see this encyclopedia's entries on material constitution, identity over time, relative identity, and sortals was introduced in modern philosophy by Hobbes as showing a conflict between unity of matter and unity of form as principles of individuation.

Explores the connection between material culture, identity, cognitive and emotional development.

The information could hardly have been more sensitive — the raw material of identity theft and invasion of privacy — yet the State of New Jersey was about to turn it over to the highest bidder, the state comptroller, Matthew A. Boxer, reported on Wednesday.