Sentence examples for basis of phenomena from inspiring English sources

Since at least the time of René Descartes (1596 1650), one of the basic problems of Western philosophy had been to establish a secure foundation for the individual human's presumed knowledge of the world around him on the basis of phenomena or experiences about which he could be certain (see epistemology).

Formation of Ge nanocrystallites has been explained on the basis of phenomenon of ion beam induced phase separation.

Using this ability, entirely unanticipated phenomena can be uncovered on the one hand, and the microscopic basis of bulk phenomena can be probed on the other.

The intent was to obtain a mathematical description of the macroscopic behaviour of the system rather than to ascertain the ultimate physical basis of the phenomena.

The adoption of the SI second, defined on the basis of atomic phenomena, as the fundamental time unit has necessitated some changes in the definitions of other terms.

This trend in turn produced a growing distrust of the power of human beings to attain knowledge of the ultimate basis of natural phenomena.

In confronting the question, it is necessary to distinguish between various ways of describing the phenomena under consideration and the critical appraisal of truth claims concerning the reality of the divine made on the basis of these phenomena.

More systematic research is needed addressing the mechanistic basis of these phenomena as well the evolutionary potential of populations and communities to adapt to these emerging stressors.

The mere concept of Tregs was the subject of significant controversy among immunologists for many years owing to the paucity of reliable markers for defining these cells and the ambiguity of the nature and molecular basis of suppressive phenomena.

Totem and Taboo (1913) is Freud's attempt to explain the origin of social life, the bonds that, on his account, hold men together, on the basis of psychic phenomena.

The amplification characteristics of the geomagnetic variations by this conductivity anomaly are here explained on basis of two phenomena of classical electrodynamics: reflection of EM waves at the interface with a very good conductor and the damping of the EM wave amplitude by the skin effect during its propagation through a conductive medium.