But by the non-skeptical standards of evidence acceptable in scientific inquiry, he finds he has good reason to believe there is a world beyond his own mind.
And many economists are rightly suspicious about any professional body decreeing what should constitute acceptable lines of inquiry for economists or how economists ought to apply the fruits of their knowledge.
On a promise from the home secretary, Theresa May, for full disclosure, Hart said: "The related assurances dealing with the verification of documents, funding and the Official Secrets Act were acceptable to this inquiry.
For the proportion of qualitative research to continue to increase in the medical literature, more journals would need to clearly indicate that this methodology is an acceptable mode of inquiry, by providing specific reference and guidelines to authors pertaining to qualitative research.
(d Other acceptable examinations and inquiries.
While failing to honor an R.S.V.P. is deplorable, it's no more acceptable to ignore an inquiry from a friend, or to fail to acknowledge the receipt of information that had been requested.
Such biases are legitimate: it is rationally acceptable to conduct scientific inquiry under their influence.
Women believe that routine inquiry is acceptable when general information is provided first and the inquiry is conducted in a non-judgemental way.
Like the academic sociologist, the judicial fact finder is also interested in demarcating the claims that can be reliably relied on from those that are not sufficiently grounded in acceptable standards of scientific inquiry.
But the notion that cursing is, if not more widespread than in the past, then more publicly acceptable, hardly seems to merit inquiry, even if, as the study's lead researcher, Dr. Jean Twenge, remarked, the rate of increase might be higher than expected.
While I understand that there was a time where the whole "my private life is none of your business" thing was an acceptable way to deflect nosy inquiry into one's sexual orientation and blunt societal homophobia, in most parts of the country that time has long since passed.
