Word: causalism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Maybe you shouldn’t. Cinema is a representational art anyway—what is on screen has only a causal, chemical parallel to corporeal reality, and film itself is nothing but miles of celluloid, or zeroes and ones. Its fascination for a century of viewers and scholars lies primarily in its powerfully subjective unmasking of human conscience, memory, and history...
...should spend more time researching possible alternatives to help the situation in Burma. While one cannot necessarily claim a causal link, oil seems to be a common link between companies and repressive regimes. Perhaps BAM should look into the effect that oil consumption has on these regimes. That is, it’s conceivable that a regime would be crippled if cut off from its oil revenue. It might be useful to explore the possible benefits of promoting alternative energy sources and energy consumption on campus...
Furthermore, once given a good push by the Bush administration, the spread of democracy has signs of being a virtuous cycle—it’s contagious, and the virus is spreading. No one claims a direct causal link between war in Iraq and Syrian pullout from Lebanon; however, the example of self-determination and democracy in Iraq has made people question autocratic rule at home. They have begun to believe that change is possible in their home country and know that the U.S. will support reformists’ efforts. The Iraqi elections have undoubtedly heartened the Lebanese demonstrators...
...appears that the filmmakers have to explain who is actually behind all of those terrible deaths. I won’t spoil the inevitable “twist ending” that has been used to sell the movie, but let’s just say that causal relationships go out the window, where they will certainly find the company of reason and Dakota Fanning’s dignity. Ultimately, “THE PART OF THE MOVIE THAT COMES AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE” proves to be just as vacuous and phony as the opening...
...biological interpretation [of the gender gap] to hold, it is necessary that both of the following assumptions be true,” the authors write on page 41. “[First,] the relationship between the measured aspects of brain functioning and math/science achievement is causal. [Second,] gender differences in thee aspects of brain functioning are biologically biased...