Sentence examples for powers of cognition from inspiring English sources

While I won't apologise for my powers of cognition, I will apologise for the hurt that can be caused by a metaphorical boot to the backside.

Under normal circumstances, the emotional, reward-seeking, selfish, "myopic" part of our brain is checked and balanced in its desirous cravings by our powers of cognition — our awareness of the consequences, say, of eating too much or spending too much.

This woman's powers of cognition were limited, but her capacity to experience emotion seemed unimpaired, and she demanded engagement in the way that a small child does: it made no more sense to resist her impulse toward intimacy than it would to withhold a smile from a baby.

After 1770 Kant never surrendered the views that sensibility and understanding are distinct powers of cognition, that space and time are subjective forms of human sensibility, and that moral judgments are based on pure understanding (or reason) alone.

Inspired by Crusius and the Swiss natural philosopher Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728 1777), Kant distinguishes between two fundamental powers of cognition, sensibility and understanding (intelligence), where the Leibniz-Wolffians regarded understanding (intellect) as the only fundamental power.

(Reinhold's sole attempt at complete exposition of his "Theory of the Power of Cognition" is roughly sketched in Book 3 of the Versuch, whereas the "Theory of the Power of Representation" is treated in elaborate detail in all three of his book-length presentations of the Elementary Philosophy).

Although previous studies that investigated the predictive power of cognition included baseline NIHSS as a control variable (along with other baseline characteristics), they did not explore the role of baseline NIHSS as a predictor itself.

Instead of "faith," such concepts as revelation, authority, or tradition could be (and, indeed, have been) cited; and "reason," though unambiguously meant to designate the natural powers of human cognition, could also be granted (and, in fact, has been granted) very different meanings.

This study explored the predictive power of illness cognitions, cognitive fusion, avoidance and self-compassion in influencing distress and quality of life in people who have experienced cancer.

This all reinforces the importance of considering the power of cultural cognition when pondering American polarization on climate, stem cells and a host of other issues underpinned by science — and the longstanding tendency of candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination to take unscientific positions.

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