Every goddamn person says, 'Pakistan.' So I say, 'O.K., guys, we should be talking about a PakAf policy, not an AfPak policy.' " This is a thoroughly plausible proposition — if, and only if, ceding much of Afghanistan to the Taliban would not be a calamity.
A logically plausible proposition, combined with supporting data, is presented to produce a cognitive "sense of proof". Hence the modern equation is: logic plus data provides proof, which generates emotional comfort, which leads directly to commitment.
"Washington Classified: Too Many Secrets" begins with the plausible proposition that the Government, especially the military, stamps too much material "Confidential" and keeps it that way for much too long.
Meyjes's film has clever and plausible propositions about career and destiny: just as Hitler is climbing on to the stage in front of a rapturous crowd, he is whining in an agony of indecision about throwing it all in to devote himself to art: "I'm almost 30 - it's now or never!" It is just so vain and pathetic, so utterly Mel Brooks-ith, it may actually have happened.
Schiffer considers several compositional theories and argues that none of these theories offers a plausible account for the proposition that is supposed to be the content of Tanya's belief.
By viewing the images and exploring connections between them we gain insight not only into what it meant to be Soviet, but also why this was a plausible, at times even an attractive proposition for generations of Soviet citizens.
Second, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is given greater emphasis as a potential factor contributing to adverse maternity outcomes based on the theoretical proposition that PTSD could be a plausible mechanism for adverse outcomes via both behavioral and neuroendocrine pathways.
Mr. Hellman had "promised to swing back in support of Proposition B if he was unable to negotiate a plausible solution prior to election day last year," Mr. Moritz continued.
Or, at least, that anyone who updates their beliefs by conditionalisation and updates their valuation functions in a plausible way, will not be able to preserve a perfect correlation between their desire for a proposition being true and their belief in that proposition's goodness.
A plausible positive account of a priori justification says that a person is a priori justified in believing some proposition if, and only if, that justification rests solely on her understanding the proposition which is the object of her belief.
