Sentence examples for action and reasoning from inspiring English sources

What is more, there is 'a difference of form between reasoning leading to action and reasoning for the truth of a conclusion' (Anscombe 1963, p. 60).

Back in the days of Alan Turing, computer programmers had to encode every possible computer action, and reasoning was the only analogy to human thought that computers could achieve.

He explains this away, however, partly on grounds that knowledge is the norm of practical reasoning, which creates strong "practical pressure" to confabulate or exaggerate in claiming to know things, so that we can view ourselves as reasoning and acting appropriately, even though usually the best we can do is to approximate appropriate action and reasoning.

Coming from a noted union-hater, Ford's action and reasoning crystallized a new concept in the distribution of wealth, a concept that would have lacked the same credibility coming from workers or unions.

Since the frontopolar cortex in the human brain appears to have evolved in size and organization, this suggests that complex functions requiring the temporary interruption of a current plan to achieve subgoals (such as planning of future actions and reasoning) associated with this part of the cortex have become particularly important during hominid evolution.

In their action-guiding role, fa serve as guidelines or decision criteria that direct action and practical reasoning.

Though Mill seems to assume that true belief is valuable, it is not hard to see how true beliefs would possess at least instrumental value, if only because our actions, plans, and reasoning are likely to be more successful when based on true beliefs.

These reflective notes included scientific explanations and provided information on students' actions and the reasoning associated with these actions.

Physicians and members of the general public forward different arguments for action and inaction when reasoning on the withholding and withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment.

Action, linguistic communication, knowledge, and reasoning are all explained by appeal to the practical activity of drawing distinctions according to public norms.

Works such as [7] define a composition engine that provides an initial approach, but the deeper problem is to interleave reasoning about actions and protocols with reasoning about data.