Collocations withnotion
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abstract notion
Our proof systematizes the above ideas by introducing an abstract notion of walls and holes.
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accepted notion
In conclusion, for over a decade now, and in a range of disciplines, researchers have been challenging our accepted notion of landscapes and spatiality.
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basic notion
For better or for worse, in this paper we depend on the reader's largely tacit understanding of this extremely basic notion.
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classical notion
Intervals with rational endpoints can be encoded into integers and recursive enumerability is the classical notion from computability on the integers.
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conventional notion
Yet no matter how flagrant this violation of the conventional notion of character, we have great difficulty in apprehending it.
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false notion
This model is based on a false notion, namely, the notion that perception is a passive process.
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intuitive notion
The mathematics of 'relaxation phenomena' offers a formal account of what the intuitive notion of irreversibility amounts to.
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mistaken notion
I believe that to be an entirely mistaken notion.
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notion of authenticity
There is also an interesting tension between the notion of authenticity and the concept of the self in a process of transformation.
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notion of autonomy
An example of respect for persons versus a positive notion of autonomy is the airline pilot.
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notion of causality
Their formalisation implicitly assumes that logical implication provides a suitable axiomatisation of the notion of causality.
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notion of citizenship
Another target is the notion of citizenship as ' ' membership, ' ' in which citizens by definition enjoy stronger legal protection than non-citizens.
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notion of continuity
Besides, the impression of the senses originally reduced to the sense of touch will reveal to us the nature of the notion of continuity.
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notion of democracy
The meaning of democracy as promoting freedom is more prevalent among citizens than is the notion of democracy as providing the rule of law, or equality or majority rule.
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notion of equality
It reveals significant complexities in the notion of equality as comparative fairness.
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notion of fairness
The solution crystallizes into a convention, and conventions of this kind constitute the notion of fairness held by a society.
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notion of freedom
The modern notion of freedom of the individual has become linked with fundamental ideas about the self and individualism.
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notion of gender
However, when discussing the notion of gender, the present analysis uses some ethnographic information.
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notion of identity
The idea of modelling the permitted changes for a property is strictly related to the philosophical notion of identity.
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notion of justice
This notion of justice assumes people's equal moral worth.
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notion of morality
This illustrates that a more integrated notion of morality becomes much more cogent when the consequences of action are also considered.
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notion of progress
Here is, of course, another divergence with the economic notion of progress and growth.
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notion of rationality
Indeed, his objections to rational choice theory seem to be aimed at materialist motivation more than at the notion of rationality.
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notion of representation
Nonetheless, a single notion of representation, common to both attitudes, will suffice.
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notion of self
The resulting notion of self-concordance is defined as follows.
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notion of truth
He would be a hypocrite, and we have a perfectly good word for that, without fiddling with the notion of truth.
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old-fashioned notion
It is not an old-fashioned notion of dependence on their part.
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philosophical notion
The idea of modelling the permitted changes for a property is strictly related to the philosophical notion of identity.
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popular notion
Bessel challenges another popular notion, namely that the returning soldiers were rejected by society and had great difficulties in being reintegrated into it.
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preconceived notion
To single out motivation as the major cause of unwanted pregnancies reflects a preconceived notion, which runs counter to the goals of preventive medicine.
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related notion
We conclude this section with some definitions that formalise this notion of nonreplaceable variable and the related notion of a closing substitution.
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ridiculous notion
That ridiculous notion has caused much of the upset.
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romantic notion
In this she represents one typical strand of radicalism-a romantic notion of transcending the divisions that plague our world.
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simplistic notion
It tries to say something about the simplistic notion that lightweight buildings are light buildings.
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theoretical notion
White's theory merges the economic notion of market niche with the network theoretical notion of social position.
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traditional notion
The perspective allows the traditional notion of knowledge-based teaching and teacher education to be challenged by asking a philosophical question about teachers' being.
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vague notion
We contend that all that is necessary is a vague notion of whether the economy is getting 'better' or 'worse'.
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very notion
The very notion of destroying something, however, presupposes that it exists.
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whole notion
First and perhaps foremost, the whole notion of sustainability is advanced to the degree a potential dumping ground is declared off-limits.
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widespread notion
The widespread notion that the army might act as a school shows how difficult it is to separate domestic political imperatives from military ones.
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