Sentence examples for any volition from inspiring English sources

The phrase "any volition" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing the concept of will or choice, particularly in philosophical or psychological contexts. Example: "The experiment aimed to determine whether participants acted with any volition or were simply responding to external stimuli."

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In general, there is no causal link between previous non-volitional mental states, all of which are passive, and any volition (Vailati 1997, 82 84).

According to Locke's conception of voluntariness, the motion of your arm is not voluntary, because it is not caused by any volition of yours (indeed, we can even imagine that you do not even have a volition that your arm rise).

This principle, which can be found in many authors of the period (including Locke), dictates that any volition must have an idea behind it, that is, must have a cognitive component that gives content to the volition, which would otherwise be empty or "blind".

Since both are felt to represent this person a tension arises along with a desire to resolve the tension; so there is, right at the heart the matter a kind of movement toward restoring the unity of the self by overcoming the dualism that necessarily exists in any volition.

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These historical processes take place without any direct volition on the part of speakers as regards the language itself.

A bar with a pool table and an emphasis on the Johnny Cash songbook, Pork Slope offers outstanding tater tots, a breakfast-sausage-and-melted-cheese sandwich and other food that has a way of moving from the table into your mouth without any conscious volition on your part.

They point to the list of extreme actions that are not contrary to reason (such as preferring one's own lesser good to one's greater), and to the Representation Argument, which denies that any passions, volitions, or actions are of such a nature as to be contrary to reason.

"You're referring to co-operative activity – what I'm referring to is the things the Indonesian government do – of its own volition any day of the week".

Under these conditions, it would be false to say that A's non-occurrence results from any sort of volition that A not occur.

Even the patient care model, which focuses solely on physical therapy, denies the residents any basic entertainment or volition, and essential personal support.

Powerful forces of instinct and inculcation combine in the boy ("Some part in me just wanted to kill," he reflects, "constantly and without end"); without any thought or seeming volition, he squeezes the trigger and shoots the man dead.

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