Definitions
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- verb of a problem or question To give too many
constraints , so that no solution is available. - verb To determine in such a way that any of the
determinant 's components would be sufficient on its own to produce the consequence.
Etymologies
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As long as your response doesn't blow off all of the suggested revisions and you explain how/why you have decided to keep certain things as is (like use of the word overdetermine) without being defensive about it, you're fine.
Wired Campus 2010
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And I think we can kind of overdetermine this at a national level in that district, while federally, yes, it's a red district.
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And I think we can kind of overdetermine this at a national level in that district, while federally, yes, it's a red district.
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Is "overdetermine" really jargon? it's exactly what I mean, and it's part of an important point.
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Is "overdetermine" really jargon? it's exactly what I mean, and it's part of an important point.
Wired Campus 2010
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Is "overdetermine" really jargon? it's exactly what I mean, and it's part of an important point.
Wired Campus 2010
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Is "overdetermine" really jargon? it's exactly what I mean, and it's part of an important point.
Wired Campus 2010
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The fact that you did make some of the changes because they were good suggestions, as you wrote in your post, demonstrates that you're not inflexible (which is a very good trait!), and it will make your claim that you couldn't change "overdetermine" more convincing.
Wired Campus 2010
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Over the years, and largely as a result of incorporating many radical feminist ideas into their own theory and practice, Marxist/Socialist feminists have increasingly produced works like Juliet Mitchell's Women's Estate in which she argues that four socio-economic structures overdetermine women's status; specifically, women's role in production, reproduction, sexuality, and the socialization of children.
Feminist Ethics Tong, Rosemarie 2009
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If every disposition must have a causal base, and if every disposition is distinct from its base, and if distinct causes cannot overdetermine their effects, then perhaps an independently plausible account of causal relevance would predict that dispositions are causally inefficacious with respect to their manifestations.
Dispositions Fara, Michael 2006
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