These two responses give us versions of fictionalism that, for lack of a better pair of terms, can be called formalistic fictionalism and intention-based fictionalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fictionalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference

The result may appear "formalistic" in a given case to partisans of the measure at issue, because such measures are typically the product of the era's perceived necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give me liberty or give me health care] Reference

'formalistic' in a given case to partisans of the measure at issue, because such measures are typically the product of the era's perceived necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

This is a silly formalistic, bureaucratic argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaza and Tijuana; What if Rocket Bombs Were Launched from Mexico Into California] Reference

Thus formalistic reason becomes a species instrumental reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Max Horkheimer] Reference

In the narrowest and most formalistic legal terms it is also very poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference

She says that Nakazato is holding up the case by being "hyper-formalistic.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Krepel: Whitewashing Orly Taitz] Reference

Promissory representation strongly resembles Pitkin's discussion of formalistic representation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Representation] Reference

Mathematics cannot proceed solely on the basis of purely formalistic and possibly aesthetic grounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [GAME THEORY] Reference

Lawyers for the men say it's a "formalistic fiction" to claim the U.S. military in Iraq is a U.N. force.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Prisoners Fight Transfer] Reference

His article lays out concrete guidelines for a formalistic (rule-based) approach to constitutional analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Vast amounts of empty space take up the formalistic widescreen compositions and the camera virtually never moves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vampirism turns practical in “Let the Right One In” » Scene-Stealers] Reference

His comments on the situation in Afghanistan are too formalistic and lack depth, especially for an academic taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Still others reject the formalistic view of moral philosophy which gives rise to an absolute commitment to nonviolence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE] Reference

The most popular explanation will be a drop in standards: that commissioners have become hedonistic in a formalistic way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poets on television] Reference

The report frequently describes U.S. financial regulation as prescriptive, complex, formalistic, expensive and inefficient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lax Regulation Didn't Cause This Crisis] Reference

A sister brought in tea and scones, then Nicholas Rosetti began the formalistic interview of the Congregation of Sacred Rites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cradle and All]

Even business schools, Mr. Schramm says, seem to offer only a "very rigid formalistic perspective about writing business plans.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Capitalism Its Due] Reference

Then, with this understanding of poetics, formalistic men of letters may prefer certain kinds of content and violently reject others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salvatore Quasimodo - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Many came up with good examples, but I think others are adopting an excessively formalistic definition of one-hit and two-hit wonders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defining One-Hit Wonders] Reference

The traditional management technology, which emphasised legal, formal and hierarchical concepts of administration, was too formalistic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

The concept "equitable" carries with it the notion of contextualised fairness it is not a synonym for mechanical, formalistic equality.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Indeed, it is odd that the same iconoclast academics who denounce the law for its formalism champion so formalistic a view of diversity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fraudulent 'Diversity'] Reference

The first question addressed is what jurisdiction the RBC committee has, and the staff memo takes a fairly formalistic position on this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dem Party Lawyers Say Rules Committee Can't Seat Full Delegations] Reference

In spite of what they say, the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit believes in formalistic investigation with much less room for surprising hunches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cat & Mouse]

This brings me to my main point, which is that all this formalistic arguing about the virtues of supporting a third party is an infantile diversion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Third-Party Delusion and the Need for a Mass Movement for Progressive Change] Reference

Is the daily drill of Israel-damning in Iran only a tired exercise, a formalistic ceremony no longer accompanied by genuine passion or serious intent?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eradicating the 'Little Satan'] Reference

Is the daily ritual of Israel-damning in Iran only a tired exercise, a formalistic ceremony no longer accompanied by genuine passion or serious intent?.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Dissatisfaction with the President's answers because they may be narrow, "hair splitting," or formalistic does not constitute grounds for alleging perjury.    From Wordnik.com.  [Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee] Reference

Washofsky argues that the so-called “correctness” of the consensus position has been established by mechanical and formalistic means imposed from without.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abortion.] Reference

It is also stilted and formalistic — designed to impress bureaucracies as much as to impart knowledge to pilots — and is therefore less useful than it pretends to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash] Reference

In his reply to Lévi-Strauss 'article, Propp defended his method, insisting especially on the following points: it is not “formalistic” but empirical, being inspired by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

Hence the attempt can only be to for - malize as much as possible and to supplement the formalism by new formalistic decisions in those con - crete situations where it fails.    From Wordnik.com.  [GAME THEORY] Reference

Often certain institutions are created in a formalistic fashion, but these are imaginary and formal institutions, which do not answer the situation, and which are inoperative.    From Wordnik.com.  [12TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK ON MONCADA BARRACKS] Reference

The approach that is adopted by the Browde Commission is, however, a more formalistic one, but for obvious reasons this is so in order to bring matters to a speedy conclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

(It is also pointed out that unfortunately some of the most eminent proponents of nonviolence mix together, unwittingly, incompatible formalistic and utilitarian justifications.).    From Wordnik.com.  [CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE] Reference