Sentence examples for practical tendencies from inspiring English sources

Contrary to all of the practical tendencies found in worldviews, Husserl demanded that philosophy be founded as a rigorous science.

At the end of Principles, however, he informs his readers that the new philosophy, without ceasing to be theoretical, nevertheless has a fundamentally practical tendency, and that in this respect it "assumes the place of religion" and "is in truth itself religion" (GPZ, 341/73).

As various scholars argue in "The Thief of Time," edited by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White (Oxford; $65) — a collection of essays on procrastination, ranging from the resolutely theoretical to the surprisingly practical — the tendency raises fundamental philosophical and psychological issues.

But when the experiments are carried out on the Cloud-based deployment, the query satisfaction times in case of OF and SE demonstrate a range that varies 14.96% and 17.5% respectively, i.e. the practical favourable tendency of these policies towards SV scoped queries (OF policy) and LV scoped queries (SE policy) is more pronounced.

"It would be facile to say it's unethical to breed dogs for their appearance," said Stephen Budiansky, a scientist and the author of "The Truth About Dogs" (Viking, 2000), although there are some who point to the pitfalls, both ethical and practical, of our tendency to sacrifice the biological integrity of companion animals in favor of their ornamental qualities.

Knowing these tendencies provides practical insight into your own culture which can be applied to your daily life in a foreign country, when dealing with foreign clients, and so on.

Waller also points to other research that suggests there are evolutionary as well as practical reasons for our tendency to gather in groups of four.

This difference in theory was perhaps of slight practical effect, since the tendency in lower levels of territorial administration continued in the direction of an increasingly centralized control.

In this conclusion are evident the prominence assigned by Fichte to the practical element and the tendency to make the moral requirements of the ego the ground for all judgment on reality.

Aside from antiquated qualms and barbaric human tendencies, the only practical reason for a civilian to own a gun is to thwart potential attackers.

While the Poisson approximation is generally valid for broad band processes, it may fall short for very narrow band processes, and lower threshold levels of practical interest, due to the tendency of crossings to occur in cluster [2, 3].