Sentence examples for attempt to doubt the from inspiring English sources

To be immune from doubt does not mean simply that you do not doubt a proposition, or even that it resists a momentary attempt to doubt; the real criterion for truth is that the content of a proposition is so clearly perceived that the will is drawn to it in such a way that the will's affirmation cannot be shaken even by the systematic and sustained doubts of the Meditations.

On Sunday, 17 editors from both state and private newspapers issued a joint statement backing the government's fight against terrorism, and reiterating "our rejection of attempts to doubt state institutions or insult the army or police or judiciary in a way that would reflect negatively on these institutions' performance".

When I try to doubt my own existence, I immediately apprehend that I must exist in order to be attempting the doubt.

Climate scientists described the move yesterday as an attempt to cast doubt over the "overwhelming scientific evidence" on global warming.

He said: "Calls for an inquiry look suspiciously like an attempt to cast doubt on the science of climate change ahead of crucial UN negotiations.

He said they were seeking to score political points in their recent attempt to cast doubt on the legality of U.S. efforts.

Attorneys defending the two women have thrown out a number of competing theories in an attempt to cast doubt on the prosecution's timeline.

(Shortly before leaving for the trip, Brown wrote to officials in Texas and West Virginia and accused them of seeking to score political points in their recent attempt to cast doubt on the legality of one of President Obama's key climate change initiatives).

"It is not new that activists on the internet attempt to spread doubts about the dissertations of politicians".

Although West seemed to focus on the holes in Jeantel's testimony in an attempt to get jurors to doubt her credibility, observers say he ultimately made a mistake that may have helped both viewers and jurors empathize with Jeantel.

In a comment that struck some as an attempt to raise doubts about the president's national origin, Mr. Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor, said that he wished Mr. Obama "would learn how to be an American".