Sentence examples for philosophical contest from inspiring English sources

Aides to Mr. Romney have long predicted that the nomination fight would produce that kind of philosophical contest.

The cross-currents from that philosophical contest — and the relative inexperience of the presidential field on national security — are evident in the somewhat inchoate stances coming from the candidates in the campaign's early stages.

The previous summary describes the general core of the Newtonian position in the intense philosophical contests of the first decades of the eighteenth century.

Enough of these audience 'spikes' and you can pad the rest of your schedule with cheese-rolling contests and philosophical discussions about eugenics - or in C4's case cricket and World Federation Wrestling.

"The Pages" is, among other things, an exploration of these different ways of thinking, a kind of contest between the philosophical and the psychological.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Evan Lysacek of the United States took the gold medal in Olympic men's figure skating Thursday, winning an event that was as much a philosophical debate as an athletic contest.

Toward the end of Book IX, Socrates conducts a three-part contest to show the philosophical, or aristocratic, man is the happiest.

The contest comes down to a philosophical debate about the purpose of entertainment: Is it about conveying empathy or holding back the darkness?

"Baboon Metaphysics," which took second place in this year's contest, is actually a fascinating philosophical and evolutionary study, which more than one person on The New Yorker staff has read with interest.

In any case, his prize-winning entry in the contest, published in 1750 as his first philosophical work, "A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences," abounded in dramatic claims.

This serves to sideline the larger political and philosophical implications of the idea of publishing books by contest.