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Example sentences for "problematic"

Lexicographically close words:
probi; probing; probity; problem; problema; problematical; probleme; problems; proboscis; proceaded
  1. Unhappily, nothing is more problematic than such an interpretation of modern science.

  2. Each one had the solution for the social problem, which would also settle the Jewish question, and Keidansky said that it was highly problematic whether there was such a thing as a Jewish problem.

  3. Let them learn to write in Yiddish, for in the Jewish theatres of the New York Ghetto all sorts of serious, sombre, life-like, problematic and powerful plays are produced.

  4. A problematic Chevalier d'Eon, now in petticoats, now in breeches, is no less problematic in London than in Paris; and causes bets and lawsuits.

  5. Within material idealism Kant distinguishes between the problematic idealism of Descartes, and the dogmatic idealism of Berkeley.

  6. In the absence of further specification, it remains entirely problematic in its reference.

  7. This is the first occurrence in the Critique of the expression "problematic idealism": it is nowhere employed in the first edition.

  8. In other words, Kant refutes the problematic idealism of Descartes by means of the more subjective idealism of Berkeley.

  9. The argument of the Paralogism of the first edition is itself Berkeleian, and refutes only the problematic idealism of Descartes.

  10. The category of substance, determinately used, signifies material existence in space and time; indeterminately applied it is the purely problematic and merely logical notion of something that is always a subject and never a predicate.

  11. But here also, as in the letter to Herz, the strange and problematic character of such knowledge is clearly recognised.

  12. Thus freedom is for Kant a demonstrated fact, and in that respect differs from the Ideas of God and immortality, which are merely problematic conceptions, and which can be postulated only as articles of "practical faith.

  13. But now also he employs the phrase "problematic idealism" as descriptive of his own new position.

  14. The apparently ultimate relation of mind knowing and object known is rendered complex and problematic through the distinction between mental objects and real things.

  15. Problematic idealism consists in the assertion that we are incapable of having experience of any existence save our own; only our inner states are immediately apprehended; all other existences are determined by inference from them.

  16. The distinction between problematic idealism and idealism of the more strictly sceptical type is not clearly drawn by Kant.

  17. It is impossible to conceive of such a series of judgments as actually being made, unless each one represents a problematic situation and its determination.

  18. It has its origin in problematic situations.

  19. In neither of these cases, then, is there a problematic object.

  20. This is the economic significance of the means in virtue of which they are now problematic to the extent of checking, for a time at least, forward tendency toward the desired end.

  21. This problematic aspect consists in the fact of the present established mode of use which the now-forming purpose threatens to disturb, and it is the agent's interest in this mode of use that turns his attention to the valuation of the means.

  22. As an indirect stimulus growing out of a problematic situation imagery necessarily brings in more or less irrelevant material.

  23. The problematic situation in which reflection takes its rise inevitably develops in this two-sided way into consciousness of a definite end on the one side, and of the means or conditions of attaining it on the other.

  24. Whatever objects of thought refer particularly to the problematic side are theories, ideas, hypotheses; whatever relates to the solution side is surety, unquestioned familiarity, fact.

  25. We cannot treat something as at once bare fact of existence and as problematic subject-matter of logical inquiry.

  26. The ideal problematic situation is, in the last resort, ethical, in the sense of requiring for its solution determination of the new end that has arisen with reference to existing standards.

  27. For there is always something unquestioned in any problematic situation at any stage of its process,[16] even if it be only the fact of conflict or tension.

  28. It is unfortunate that the terms "problematic situation" and "feeling of inadequacy" have been discussed almost entirely in connection with situations when the result has some pragmatic value.

  29. Miller says, "Thinking is not so much a distinct conscious process as it is an organisation of all the conscious processes which are relevant in a problematic situation for the performance of the function of consciously adjusting means to end.

  30. It is only when these do not serve to produce a satisfactory response that thinking is needed--only when there is something problematic in the situation.

  31. Correct results may be obtained, even in problematic situations, with no thinking, and on the other hand much thinking may be done and yet the results reached be entirely unsatisfactory.

  32. This problematic situation, resulting in suspended judgment, caused by the inadequacy of present power or knowledge, may arise in connection with any situation.

  33. Thinking, then, is involved in any response which comes as a result of the conscious adaptation of means to end in a problematic situation.

  34. The causal discourse, therefore, is problematic (how can a cause lead to an effect, indistinguishable from itself?

  35. A very problematic figure in this respect is that of Truman's best and childhood friend.

  36. They are all morally problematic because they are deterministic and assign independent, objective, exogenous values to humans.

  37. Considering this problematic origin, and the elasticity of philological speculation, it stands to reason that much has been written and argued in Hungary about the origin of the nation.

  38. Your articles served the Russians at the time not only as guides, but also as encouragement, and you have rendered but a problematic service to England by their publication.

  39. An able critic has shown that nothing is more problematic than the history of the three or four first ages of that city.

  40. She is one of those problematic natures already spoken of; ill-adjusted to her circumstances, and never quite adjusting circumstances to herself.

  41. This is very useful in certain segments of government activity - but could prove very problematic in others.

  42. Yet, there is a more problematic species: those suffering from serious psychological problems, personality disorders, clinical phobias, psychoneuroses and the like.

  43. This prohibition is problematic in modern day life and could bring modern finance to a complete halt.

  44. But with his undisciplined desires and hot-blooded eagerness, her half-hearted acknowledgments and inadequate concessions, closed her about with a chilling barrier that staggered him with its problematic nature.

  45. And she felt altogether sore and puzzled and exasperated over man’s problematic nature.

  46. No one, that is not a pure egoiste, can read Problematic Characters without profound and even solemn interest.

  47. How else could he be a problematic character?

  48. There are problematic characters, who are not equal to any situation in life, and whom no situation satisfies.

  49. He recognized at once the handwriting, which was as problematic as the writer, with its now bold and grand, now scribbled and confused characters.

  50. In agreement with German critics, we consider "Problematic Natures" to be the most interesting and poetical of our author's productions.

  51. Goethe says in his "Dichtung und Wahrheit": "There are problematic natures who are not equal to any situation in which they are placed, and for whom no situation is good enough.

  52. The adjoining state of Tennessee was represented in the Senate by one of the most problematic characters in American history.

  53. The moment was perhaps favourable for asking a leading question about herself, and her answer might have thrown light on her problematic past.

  54. He was a problematic personage with a disquieting nose, who spoke few words but examined everything with an air of superior comprehension.

  55. Old Aunt Keziah in Hawthorne's Septimius Felton might be called a problematic witch, as the woman in The Witch by Eden Phillpotts.

  56. Barry Pain's Exchange might be given as another example of problematic magic that owes its power to elusive mystery.

  57. The Night Call[78] is less simple than these, a problematic story that leaves one wondering as to just what is meant.

  58. Marion Crawford's Witch of Prague might be called a problematic witch, for while she does undoubtedly work magic, it is for the most part attributed to her powers of hypnotism rather than to the black art itself.

  59. The character of the woman is problematic here, as in Gautier's story, less pronounced than in Crawford's.

  60. But "all sources" include the problematic agricultural drainage, and for that matter the definition of "adequate treatment" is going to have to go up and up in our expansive future.

  61. The fact that the capital of the United States, together with its attendant metropolis, is located solidly within the Basin at the Fall Line is of immense if problematic significance.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "problematic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
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