Sentence examples for a respectable understanding from inspiring English sources
Just as the advocate of the definitional characterization is challenged to provide a respectable understanding of the relevant notion of definition, the advocate of the explanatory characterization is challenged to provide (or to borrow from the philosophy of science) a respectable understanding of the relevant notion of explanation.
So even if the notion is understood well enough for some objects (never mind that not everyone would allow that the number 2, for example, is an object), a major challenge for the advocate of the definitional characterization is to provide a respectable general understanding of the notion of a definition for an object.
Second, my own views are that this cluster of evolutionary theories is the only scientifically respectable understanding of the origin of species; and these theories are worth taking seriously because they are empirical testable by observation and have been refined on the basis of observation.
A respectable showing would suffice.
Unemployment is a respectable 5.5%.
That is a respectable calling.
A respectable conservative.
Still, Patrick finished a respectable eighth.
UK teens ranked a respectable ninth.
She lives a respectable, normal life".
