Sentence examples for robust conceptions from inspiring English sources

As they listened to what children were saying and doing, it became clear that learners did not come to the classroom as blank slates; rather, they developed robust conceptions that were different from the accepted mathematical and scientific concepts presented in instruction.

could have helped foster a more robust conception of marriage.

But, like most Presidents, Obama has now embraced a more robust conception of executive power than some traditional liberals would prefer.

At the same time, he did not retreat from views offered in law review articles that revealed a robust conception of presidential power, views he said had been forged in large part by five years of service in the White House under President George W. Bush.

At face value, Socrates offers a more robust conception of parts, wherein each part is like an independent agent.

At first sight, Adams' view seems almost exactly Prior's with the addition of world stories and a rather more metaphysically robust conception of propositions.

Suppose instead that we avail ourselves of some robust conception of part, so that each participant intends to do his part in shared activity, as such.

When the resource-regime changes are in the direction of greater reciprocity, they may help to produce a more robust conception of personhood and a more egalitarian and attractive social life.

Now clearly if a comprehensive doctrine such as natural law theory with its robust conception of the good life can pass the test, the test is likely to be a blunt instrument.

If we wish to retain a robust conception of matter, which is extended but not eliminated by panpsychism, there seems little doubt that we will require a theory of emergence.

Kitcher tries to address this problem by arguing that pragmatic naturalism allows a robust conception of moral truth but one that is not prior to our understanding of moral progress (Kitcher 2011a, 245 9).