It may be calculated, for example, that the image of a grating produces lines 0.5 micron wide on the retina, but this is on the basis of ideal geometrical optics; in fact, the optics of the eye are not perfect, while diffraction of light by its passage through the pupil further spoils the image.
The adsorption selectivities of C2H6/C2H4 mixtures (1 15 and 1 1, v/v) were in the range of 1.9 4.0 on the basis of ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST).
Principles of justice are "constructed" on the basis of ideal conceptions of the person and of society (Ideas of reason, in Kant's sense).
For a rationalist, in contrast, an expression's meaning reflects what is apriori accessible to the speaker on the basis of ideal reflection.
The position and axial inclination of teeth were considered on the basis of ideal occlusion of Andrews [19], and all the elements contributing in the model were assumed to be homogenous.
Note that it is natural for a dualist to distinguish the space of metaphysically possible worlds from the space of epistemically possible worlds, i.e., from the space of (maximally specific) ways the world might be that cannot be ruled out on the basis of ideal reasoning alone, without empirical evidence (Soames 2005, 2011).
In the coming weeks, I will be starting a group that champions gay marriage and pathways of citizenship for Illegal Immigrants, on the basis of Constitutional ideals (look out for that announcement).
When I appeared on Fox News for one straight week this summer to debate Laura Ingraham, Bill O'Reilly, and David Asman over the need to build the Ground Zero mosque, on the basis of Constitutional ideals, I knew it was over... Let's face it... a 30-second commercial of me, defending the mosque, running during any Republican Primary, over the next 20 years?
However, if a truly effective personalised commentary is to be attempted on a regular basis (an ideal to which the General Medical Council seems increasingly committed [ 11]), this approach seems relatively cost-effective for both staff and students.
"We had a common ideal which was sustainable well-being, and that's the basis on which we occupied St Agnes Place".
