The phrase "as first principle" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression is "as a first principle," which is used to refer to a fundamental concept or assumption that serves as the basis for reasoning or action.
Example: "In our analysis, we must consider fairness as a first principle to ensure equitable outcomes."
Alternatives: "as a fundamental principle" or "as a primary principle."
Duns Scotus's own intellectual journey to God is to be found in his prayerful Tractatus de primo principio (A Treatise on God as First Principle, 1966), perhaps his last work.
Hansen solubility parameters and octanol/water distribution coefficients were used as first principle methods in combination with extensive database research to preselect 12 liquid and 6 solid sequestering phases.
Taking into account experimental observations as well as first principle and molecular dynamics calculations, it captures both the cd-Si → β-Si transition upon compression and the β-Si → a-Si transition upon rapid decompression, which are most relevant for indenter loading.
4. Avicenna refers to the Principle in various ways, e.g., as First Principle, First Cause, the First, Pure Good (VIII, 6, 355, 11), First Good (IX, 3, 401, 6), the Necessary Existent; one occurrence (I, 1, 4, 16)—if one accepts Bertolacci's correction (Le cose divine, 114 refers to "the cause of the causes" and "the Principle of the principles".
Alternatively, an FDTD-compatible discrete Green's function is derived in this work with the Yee-discretized Maxwell's equations as first principles.
But what makes this book worth reading is the fact that the authors have taken as first principles for their Utopia the harsh truths of Darwinian capitalism: individuals and companies act in their self-interest, and markets guide that impulse through prices.
Third, Scotus says that many of our own acts are as certain as first principles.
The starting point of its deductions might be thought of as first principles.
Philolaus posits limiters and unlimiteds as first principles and emphasizes the role of number in understanding the cosmos.
Aristotle frequently discusses the philosophy of Pythagoreans, whom he dates to the middle and second half of the fifth century and who posited limiters and unlimiteds as first principles.
When truths are delivered by intuition, we have ideas that are clear and distinct, self-evident, indubitable, compel the will, and serve as first principles.
