If critical social inquiry is inquiry into the basis of cooperative practices as such, it takes practical inquiry one reflective step further.
Many philosophers now challenge these norms and, what is more, their identification as legitimate philosophical practice as such.
It is only in the rare case that a state or local legislature will enact a law directly burdening religious practice as such.
My claim is a more limited one: these practices do not constitute legitimate philosophical practice as such and, thus, evaluations and forms of institutional support for philosophical work should not focus on and, in turn, support them exclusively.
They are also making some other changes, but to be clear, the Mountain View company isn't altering its privacy practices as such.
Mol used this concept because it allowed her to concentrate on practices as such, rather than on the agents involved (Mol 2002).
The concept of social innovation draws attention to novelties in social practices as such that may or may not have the potential to bring about systemic changes.
The disillusioned vein of spy literature, as practiced by such masters as Graham Greene, Charles McCarry and, especially, John le Carré, is celebrated as a corrective to such fantasies.
The inhaler is not yet in use in clinical practice and as such has no real-world test experience.
Their work is translating theory into practice and, as such, it may be regarded as art in its deepest sense.
