Sentence examples for acceptable reasoning from inspiring English sources

If you know that your beliefs are jointly inconsistent, then you should reject R. M. Sainsbury's definition of a paradox as "an apparently unacceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises" (1995, 1).

Both arguments are super-arguments of the conflicting Nixon → Quaker → Dove and Nixon → Republican → Hawk.[2] Horty (1994) argues that floating conclusions are acceptable in reasoning contexts in which "the value of drawing conclusions is high relative to the costs involved if some of those conclusions turn out not to be correct" while they should be avoided "when the cost of error rises" (p. 123).

If we accept this reasoning it might also be discussed whether it is acceptable to assess those who perform these practices differently.

I hope that on reflection Members of the House will accept the reasoning of the Commission on the minority of amendments which are not acceptable.

Dogmatists accept this reasoning.

Sure, you might not actually be able to fit a phone inside, but it's acceptable to throw all reasoning out of the window for one night only, especially when it comes to accessorising with something this covetable.

A little less roughly, the judgment amounts to thinking that any acceptable standard for practical reasoning requires me to tell the truth to the judge.

To develop a framework for clinical practice guidelines that not only allows the representation of best practices, but also facilitates reasoning about acceptable alternatives for those best practices.

"It's a distinction without a difference," Burk said, adding that "their kind of reasoning is not acceptable".

In each of these cases, compatibility with an acceptable account of the relevant reasoning is essential for a successful philosophical theory.

"I was chosen to be president based on the reasoning that I was acceptable to all groups and the hope that I would become glue that binds the nation," Mr. Wahid said.