One can hardly understand sport if one does not begin with some conception of what sports are.
But you can make anti-art — Duchamp's "Fountain," for example — only when everyone still has some conception of authentic, stand-alone, for-its-own-sake art.
But if the consolatory force of religion had diminished, the need for some conception of happiness that was immune to time had not.
It would contribute greatly to the clarification of discussions of philosophy of art if the word meaning were not used in them at all but some conception clearer and more specific.
I'm tempted to a cynical rebuttal to my own suggestion: This administration spouts democracy and freedom but I suspect there is some conception of national interest that will work to ensure that WE remain the authoritative force rather than some multi-lateral entity.
The American philosopher John Dewey once said, 'If you want to establish some conception of a society, go find out who is in gaol.' This is hard advice to follow, because few governments welcome inquiries about the number of Prisoners of Conscience they hold in prison.
Included in the idea of universality is some conception of independent existence.
Before the research program can be evaluated, we should have some conception of its scope.
