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counterflow - definition and meaning
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noun A flow in the opposite direction ; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb To flow in the opposite direction
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counter- + flow
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Of course reliably detecting counterflow is hardly that simple.
The Memory Hole 2005
The problem with counterflow is that one first has to understand what is natural.
The Memory Hole 2005
More photos and interactive graphics The Garden State instituted a measure called "counterflow "—making two-way highways one way—and shut the Garden State Parkway south of Belmar and Point Pleasant after 8 p.m.
The Currents Along the Shore Lisa Fleisher 2011
This is pretty much what Ratzsch's "counterflow " is all about, so your source has the same misconception as me apparently.
A brief sidebar about design and evolution 2007
Not necessarily, says Ratzsch, because (AFAICT) he thinks that things like mind correlativity and "counterflow " allow rarified design inferences.
A brief sidebar about design and evolution 2007
Human intelligence has "counterflow ", and we have designed species.
Demarcation, Credentials, and Science Education 2005
It would then be an example of what philosopher Del Ratzsch calls "counterflow "
Views jayr 2010
And as will be seen later, supernatural design does not necessarily counterflow or intervention in history. designedness entails neither counterflow nor intervention, …
Blast From the Past 2010
Again, many IDers would strongly disagree with this statement (they even define intelligence as "not by law or chance" or even as "counterflow : that which nature would not otherwise do").
Bunny and a Book 2008
The incoming tide added to the flow and counterflow , setting off crests of white horses that pranced in irregular silver ranks across the wide waters.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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