Two of the techniques, "pulling" and "pushing," are technically forms of argument ad hominem, in that the immediate basis for an assertion is the opponent's commitment to a similar assertion concerning what we take to be a similar case.
The assertion concerning S 2 is proved in a similar fashion.
Given a database of assertions concerning relative occurrences of points in time, we are interested in various operations on this database, including compiling the assertions into a representation that supports efficient reasoning, determining whether a database is consistent, and computing the strongest entailed relation between two points.
Both agencies agreed that "assertions concerning a causal association between incretin-based drugs and pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer are not consistent with the current data".
However, both agencies do agree that assertions concerning a causal association between incretin-based drugs and pancreatic safety, as expressed recently in the scientific literature and in the media, are inconsistent with the current data [ 37].
"This corroborates our assertions concerning the kinds of personnel that Unit 61398 recruits," Mandiant said in a blog post online.
We are also sceptical about their assertions concerning overdiagnosis in the Malmö Trial.
This view is characterized, according to Fodor, by two distinct assertions.
A related, but importantly distinct issue, concerns the possibility of real essences for individuals.
Her physical knowledge of Mr. Cunningham's work gives her assertions a distinct authority, and her descriptions of the choreography are fascinating.
For the most part, the literature on norms of assertion has concerned the question which the norm of assertion is.
