Now, (8) is certainly an interesting thesis that merits much more consideration than it has hitherto received (at least in the recent philosophical literature), and, as indicated, the above theorists can appeal to the fact that early expositions of the identity theory seem to have had as much invested in (8) as in (5) or (7): on this point see §2 below.
For these participants, the greater task at hand seemed to be, 'how do they translate this knowledge into action'?Understanding how these concepts can be transformed into tangible actions is no simple task and certainly merits much more research and reflection.
Richard Timm wrote that "Ron Paul's 2nd-place finish merited much more attention in your article.
The gender and class issues associated with hipsterism are both broad and deep, and merit much more investigation.
When the history of the hurricane is written, the reopening of a grocery store, even a reopening as elaborately planned as Fairway Red Hook's, may not merit much more than a footnote.
Senator John Ensign, a Nevada Republican who sits on the panel, said he believed that the Daschle tax problems merited much more scrutiny and that the tax mistakes admitted by an earlier Obama administration nominee, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, "seem more plausible".
Three events, none of which elicited more than a ripple of interest in the western media and which individually are unlikely to merit much more than a footnote in the broad sweep of China's history.
"Birdman" alone might not merit much more than few chunky thinkpieces were it not for the Keaton tie-in, the devotion some grant Iñárritu's movies ("21 Grams," "Babel") and, most important, the fact that "Clouds of Sils Maria," "Maps to the Stars" and "The Congress" all tackle similar themes.
Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith are two of the biggest selling artists of the year – and while their work has merit, it's much more engaging to hear something that dazzles with attitude.
Indeed, here is a competitive quest for open-access merit which offers much more leeway to all contestants whatever their physical strength, thus favoring the exploitation of all sorts of other individual qualities beyond mere antagonistic capacity.
The modest job-creation proposals the administration unveiled Tuesday individually have their merits, and they seem much more mission-focused than the mish-mashed stimulus bill that Congressional Democrats constructed.
