In the Roff et al. paper [ 12] describing the development of the DREEM it is clear that the subscale structure was driven by a-priori theoretical reasoning.
These elements include the need for a hypothesis that has clinical relevance based on sound theoretical reasoning, reasonable and generalizable inclusion and exclusion criteria, feasibility of an enrollment goal and study time-line, and appropriate choice of a comparator intervention and primary outcome.
We next trimmed the model based on a priori theoretical reasoning [ 49], removing the non-hypothesized path between responsive caregiving to partner and pregnancy anxiety, and those between romantic attachment and MFR, which we expected to be mediated by caregiving responsiveness to partner.
As well as thinking of intention as a kind of belief, Velleman holds that 'practical reasoning is a kind of theoretical reasoning' (Velleman 1989, p. 15; see also Ross 2009).
This should, therefore, be considered as a motivation for theoretical reasoning about the concept of 'public' because it would have been shown to be directly relevant for PIA practitioners.
On this view, mindreading is essentially an exercise in theoretical reasoning.
Earlier we introduced the Cognitivist view that intentions are special kinds of beliefs, and that, consequently, practical reasoning is a special form of theoretical reasoning.
In a simplified way, the theoretical reasoning behind the construction of the models was based on the assumption that socio-demographic characteristics play a central role in knowledge (evaluated as knowledge about risk of having a traffic accident).
Because absolute flow speed increases only slightly with pressure in high Mach number conditions [14], nozzles with the same contours but different throat diameters were used to attempt to increase BP velocity, based on the theoretical reasoning that a smaller throat gives a higher Mach number and velocity at the nozzle exit [16].
