Sentence examples for acquire an idea from inspiring English sources

Hume's account of causality covers at least five related issues: : 1) how we acquire an idea of cause; 2) what we mean by 'cause;' 3) how we reason about causes; 4) whether causes are in the mind or in nature; 5) how we could infer the existence of causes.

Overall satisfaction questions were included on it in order to acquire an idea of the overall setting of the course.

By means of this study one is expected to acquire an idea concerning clinician's preference to the antipsychotic drugs in actual clinical setup.

In that time, she seems to have acquired an idea of her opponent and, in turn, herself: that she is the patriot in the race, and the believer.

The objective was to acquire a general idea about the way medical students perceived organ donation and their knowledge regarding it and whether clinical exposure, which gradually increases in the five years of medical school, has any impact on it.

He acquired a good idea of the true value of such a concession through his experience.

Readers who approach Seneca as students of ancient philosophy having acquired a certain idea of what philosophy is by studying Plato, Aristotle, or Chrysippus often feel at a loss.

In the course of mental development certain constellations of ideas acquire a permanent dominance that exercises a powerful selective facilitating influence upon the ideas struggling to enter or reenter the consciousness.

The first hurdle in commercializing an invention is to acquire sufficient capital to take an idea to the point that it will be attractive to big investors or large corporations.

Berg's songs, originally scored for a huge orchestra, leave that classical sense of equanimity behind; each is a borderless, blasted plain in which musical ideas acquire a seething, almost physical presence.

But ultimately, instead of ending up in bed or at the altar, the idea is that you acquire a running buddy or a lunch date.