Sentence examples for subtle discussions from inspiring English sources

There have been quite rich and subtle discussions of whether the thought contents of a system (a human being or an animal) must be specified "widely," taking into account the environment the system inhabits, as in the work of Tyler Burge, or only "narrowly," independently of any such environment, as in the work of Gabriel Segal.

They read much in the writings of the ancients, says Josephus (hence, no doubt, the many scrolls in the caves), yet (Philo) they do not cultivate the logical side of philosophy, do not expend "any superfluous care on examining Greek names" (by which is evidently meant such subtle discussions of words as one gets in the dialogues of Plato), but only occupy themselves with the moral side.

Subtle discussion of such ideas is inaudible above the political rumpus that Mr Houellebecq has wrought, wittingly or otherwise.

Though he is young, it is easy to imagine him at the cabinet table, leading a subtle discussion of some long-term problem.

One doesn't have to "imagine him at the cabinet table, leading a subtle discussion of some long-term problem," because Mr. Obama has already done just that, with his speech last March in Philadelphia.

Lewens illuminates this with a deft and subtle discussion of Marx and Engels's critique of the theory of evolution, which they believed was influenced by the bourgeois economic assumptions of its creator.

I am struck, too, by its subtle discussion of the African-American relationship with our homeland, by the simple metaphor of Celie's folk pants, comfortable and flattering regardless of the shape and gender of the wearer; and by its ultimate generosity of spirit.

As distinctions in terminology may appear to be subtle, our Discussion below begins by briefly revisiting the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings that drive analysis of health and their respective evolutions in the Global North and the Latin American "Social Medicine"/"Collective Health" traditions.