Sentence examples for appealing to observations from inspiring English sources

Psychological hedonism is usually defended by appealing to observations of human behaviour, together with an implicit challenge to find alternative models of action that are equally explanatory and yet do not collapse into the hedonistic account.

Berkeley puts this point quite bluntly by appealing to observation: "If we look but ever so little into our thoughts, we shall find it impossible for us to conceive a likeness except only between our ideas.

The indicator subjective nurse observations might partly cover the inability to explain what is wrong (patient does not look good), on the other hand it covers subtle signs such as change in behavior or the look in the patient's eyes, both appealing to the observation skills of nurses.

In science we explain the observations we make and the beliefs we form as a result by appealing to the physical facts that cause those observations.

This brings the results closer to typical experimental observations, and makes it appealing to use this formalism for treatment of experimental data.

In it he attacked McDougall for appealing to subjective purposiveness, which was beyond the reach of observation and hence scientific validation.

By appealing to their feet.

That's appealing to lenders.

"We are appealing to Alice.

"I'm appealing to Japan to investigate.

Both sides are appealing to public opinion.