In Pynchon, the problem of distinguishing between coincidences and conspiracies, between the prosaic and the profound, is one of the defining tasks of consciousness.
For the theologian, however, they pose the deeper problem of distinguishing clearly between the permanent message of Scripture and the form in which it is conveyed.
The problem of distinguishing between the effects of one's own propaganda and the effects of these other activities is often extremely difficult.
But the problem of distinguishing different styles and their dates, and their places of origin, remains most difficult for these Greek manuscripts.
Indeed, the problem of distinguishing sense from nonsense goes beyond the Bogdanovs, say some physicists, who worry that far too much junk goes past the referees who vet articles for the scientific journals and the examiners who approve Ph.D's.
27) that customers found solutions, on the spot, to the classical problem of distinguishing between sophisticated artificial intelligence programs and real people speaking in real time -- by quizzing the online customer service representatives.
On the third point, by emphasizing what is socially learned rather than what is biologically transmitted, Tylor points up the enduring problem of distinguishing between biological and cultural influences, between nature and nurture.
Linnaeus, concerned exclusively with similarities in bodily structure, faced only the problem of distinguishing H. sapiens from apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gibbons), which differ from humans in numerous bodily as well as cognitive features.
It is the expression of an idea that qualifies for copyright protection, the judges said, although they noted that the problem of distinguishing an idea from its expression is "particularly acute when the work of 'authorship' is of a functional nature," as an architectural or engineering plan is.
A precise count is difficult, not only because of the problem of distinguishing dialects from languages but because many speech varieties became extinct before they could be systematically recorded, and they are known if at all from fragmentary and badly transcribed missionary word lists.
This is the problem of distinguishing reliable from unreliable inductions.
