Sentence examples for opposed to rational from inspiring English sources

Unintended consequences, the complexities of human behaviour and emotional as opposed to rational approaches to change also featured strongly.

McGrath – no objection in itself, but a clue as to the weighting of his book – reads Lewis's fiction primarily through its importance as a work of "imaginative narrative apologetics" (as opposed to rational apologetics – a distinction that he handles well) rather than as literary artefacts.

After another horrific mass shooting – this time at Oregon's Umpqua Community College – our intractable gun control debate has begun once again, with those who are categorically opposed to rational controls on gun ownership already insisting that a mass shooting is no reason to contemplate new laws.

Crescas's opinion in his sermon is that miracles by themselves don't oblige people to believe in something (as opposed to rational proofs that oblige belief).

This branding is consistent, visceral, and appeals to those who process images and symbols on an emotional, as opposed to rational, level.

39 40 41 Further research may be needed to understand the nature of lay judgment; the role of emotions, as opposed to rational thinking, as drivers of healthcare decision making; and the way those decisions are situated in social networks.

(2) They might assume among their first principles certain propositions about existence to the effect that only certain kinds of things could be proper objects of mathematical inquiry (rational as opposed to irrational numbers, for example)—and time might indeed reveal that the assumption was inappropriate.

"It does not help that our federal government is opposed to some rational things and is putting out some of the drivel that they do," Bloomberg said.

It was only over time, Lynch writes — over the century roughly between 1750 and 1850 — that reading became a "private and passional" activity, as opposed to a "rational, civic-minded" one.

It was only over time, Lynch writes over the century roughly between 1750 and 1850 that reading became a "private and passional" activity, as opposed to a "rational, civic-minded" one.

I believe that if members of this administration, which is so fiercely opposed to a rational, universal health care system, had to participate in the health care system that other Americans have to navigate, the new Medicare drug component -- and indeed all health care coverage -- would be streamlined faster than you could say, "Mr. Leavitt, you are missing the point".