Sentence examples for rather than understanding from inspiring English sources

Rather than understanding "analytic" to mean "known to be true by virtue of meaning," one might understand it merely as "justified by virtue of meaning," a prima facie justification that simply could be overridden by other, global theoretical considerations.

"People are bringing old narratives to this discussion rather than understanding the unique aspects of the Internet," he added.

Marie was concerned that the main focus of attention was on punishment rather than understanding the causes.

The result is that readers are treated as though their interest is in passing an exam rather than understanding the human condition.

Information about the five other girls was given, too, but in a less detailed manner, as if the dead deserved respect rather than understanding.

But by focusing on doing things rather than understanding what you are doing, the underlying fundamentals of what is going on are largely glossed over.

Jones took issue with white writers for appreciating blues and jazz as musical forms, rather than understanding them as "a collection of attitudes".

Renewable sceptics are simply wrong, obsessed with the slow, centralised economic dynamics of fossil fuels rather than understanding the unique, distributed dynamics of the new.

She does this because she wants her theory to focus on alleviating the suffering of victims rather than on understanding the motives of perpetrators (Card 2002, 9).

Researchers have directed their attention at how to increase the impact of their own outputs, rather than on understanding the processes behind policy change.

To confirm that the findings reflected informants' perspectives rather than researchers' understanding of the problem, the presented findings were supported by codes and quotes.