Sentence examples for what a proponent from inspiring English sources

Here, what a proponent of this view has in mind is the idea that it is logically possible for an entity to pass the kinds of tests that Descartes and (at least allegedly) Turing have in mind to use words (and, perhaps, to act) in just the kind of way that human beings do—and yet to be entirely lacking in intelligence, not possessed of a mind, etc.

But what if, a proponent of the Moral Confusion Argument might ask, the Patent Office had instead decided to revise their view and allow patents on human beings or to reject all patents on animals.

In the wake of attacks on the notion of a classical music canon by proponents of what a decade or two ago was called "new musicology," Mr. Berger offered an impassioned defense: not of a canon closed to the future (he cited as canonical works by three recent masters, Witold Lutoslawski, Gyorgy Ligeti and Gyorgy Kurtag) but of a canon closed to its surroundings.

The new history of capitalism is less a movement than what proponents call a "cohort": a loosely linked group of scholars who came of age after the end of the cold war cleared some ideological ground, inspired by work that came before but unbeholden to the questions — like, why didn't socialism take root in America?

But what the proponents of principal reductions at Fannie and Freddie don't talk about is what a transfer of wealth from taxpayers (again) to large banks such a program would represent.

Ms. Burke is a proponent of what might be called judicious philanthropy, which can open the most desirable garden gates.

The MP for Harlow in Essex and personal private secretary to Osborne is a proponent of what he describes as blue-collar Conservatism.

The Scottish National party has been long an opponent of the House of Lords, but never a proponent of what should take its place.

She was making and selling jewelry — deft wire confections, which are sampled in the show — when she met and, in 1954, married the artist and Beat doyen Wally Hedrick, a proponent of what was described as "personalized Dada".

He has talked to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, weakened by the disputed June 12 election, has emerged as a proponent of what would be an immensely popular opening to America.

But a spokesman said: "Given the dependency of many people and sectors of the world's economy on coal, Axa is not a proponent of what is being called a "disorderly withdrawal from coal".