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Given this interpretation, conservatism is most obviously to be linked with pragmatism,6 and contrasted with radicalism and idealism.
The progressivism and idealism of bossa nova's first generation was greatly tested.
Idealism, like any philosophically decent metaphysics, can be logically sustained in the teeth of any evidence, if one isn't scared of wild ideas.
They needed an explanation for why this had happened and this led them in the direction of idealism.
Enlightened idealism rather than pragmatism motivated others who rallied.
What becomes of the young student's idealism when the cultures of medicine and business clash?
However, recognizing that children are idealistic, a responsible society will ensure that this idealism is not exploited or manipulated.
No conceptualisation and understanding get us beyond the mental realm, which according to idealism is the only realm in which we can operate.
Idealism as the prism through which policy was approached entailed that non-idealist thought became neglected.
Indeed, they may be seen as 'myths' that govern much of our idealism concerning one-culture-for-all and one-festivalfor-all.
Accusations of philosophical idealism which had been previously raised against such theor ies as relativistic cosmology or cybernetics disappeared from public discourse.
Identity is a hall of mirrors which parallels other epistemological debates in archaeology, all of which revolve around the divide between realism and idealism.
I argue that the evidence cited by the authors in support of idealism actually favors realism.
The decision to cross the border was often based on a mix of calculated self-interest, idealism, fear and coercion.
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