Sentence examples for problematic concepts from inspiring English sources

In this instance, he tries to explain confusing and problematic concepts in the realm of ethics.

Fumerton regards acquaintance as a sui generis relation; it "cannot be informatively subsumed under a genus, and…cannot be analyzed into any less problematic concepts" (1995: 76).

They can be aimed at particular knowledge points or known problematic concepts and problems and include real-world problems (Herreid & Schiller, 2013).

Deep time or geologic time appears to be one of the fundamental and problematic concepts for the understanding of evolution (see, for example, Dodick and Orion 2003a, b, c).

This invites the objection, raised both by Tennant (1987: 236) and by Boolos (1987: 184) that in certain conspicuous cases there is no a priori justification for commitment to the existence of denotations for these terms, in the case of particularly problematic concepts Φ (such as self-identity).

According to ecofeminist philosophers, language plays a key role in the formation of problematic concepts of women, animals, and nature concepts that reinforce the five features of an oppressive conceptual framework and contribute to the "justification" of the dominations of women, animals, and nature.

His agile tone provides the needed kick to an inherently problematic concept.

In any case, for Bachelet, reconciliation is a problematic concept for reasons other than its practical applicability.

Despite its veneer of neutrality (a problematic concept anyway, of course) the Today programme gives us a very specific take on the world.

Indeed, the "other" has been an enduringly problematic concept in French culture: hence the long tradition of antisemitism in French nationalist thought.

It's a vague, elusive and problematic concept for both, since they've lived for the last 100 years without clear boundaries, with constant invasion, each within, on top of, over and under the other.