Sentence examples for aim of argument from inspiring English sources

The French philosopher Joseph Joubert once said, "The aim of argument should not be victory, but progress".

The aim of his arguments is to show that the distinction between individuals and properties is not one which exists independent of our conceptualizations.

Pinto 2001 suggests that the aim of many arguments does not appear to be assent to the truth of a proposition but the withholding of assent (or full assent) or a particular attitude.

In addition to this classification of the aims of an argument, there is a more common distinction among arguments in terms of their structure.

Some proponents of centered incompatibilist theories have added to the requirements of the rather simple view we have been considering, with the aim of rebutting this argument.

Moreover, the aim of the "Wager" argument is precisely to secure the rational respectability of faith in the face of an apparent antinomy.

If the aim of the Consequence argument was to show that no compatibilist account of 'could have done otherwise' can succeed, then Lewis is surely right; the reductio fails.

Two dimensions of classification help to bring into focus the nature of the various arguments that have been advanced on behalf of miracle claims, one having to do with the aims of the arguments and the other having to do with their structure.

Our line-of-argument synthesis aimed at developing a model to explain staff experiences within the process of IT implementation.

In this Section we shall examine three lines of argument that aim to show that universal access to (at least some forms of) health care is a requirement of justice.

Therefore, the aim of this systematic appraisal of arguments for or against a type of surgical treatment was to list aspects a surgeon considers when choosing a specific type of treatment for a patient.