Motives matter, so does context, neither of which can be discerned in a selected two-minute rant.
Kantian methods could also be discerned in a later work of the prominent Oxford philosopher Peter F. Strawson, titled Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics (1959).
Yet its traces can still be discerned in a dowdy building on East 82nd Street, where one group of analysts is striving to revive the public's interest in their profession.
Indeed, fears have been expressed that the start of what financiers call "adverse debt dynamics" can already be discerned in a sharp widening of the spread (the difference in yields) between the ten-year German bund and its Italian equivalent.
A possible indication of Mr. Galbraith's estimate of the deal's worth may be discerned in a London arbitration case in which Porcupine and a Yemeni investor who now apparently holds Mr. Rosjo's former share are seeking more than $525 million from DNO, according to a filing reported on the legal news Web site Law.com.
But beyond the spectacle of unrest, the political effects of fire can be discerned in a much more legal fashion: namely, each successive fire provides the opportunity to learn from the disaster and make changes to the way that buildings and cities are designed.
And another characteristic that appears frequently in French art, a taste for luxury and glamour, can be discerned in a nearly contemporary painting from Claude Vignon and his studio, in which Antony and Cleopatra share a banquet in a fantastically colonnaded portico.
It may be discerned in a flash; there may be no moment, however short, in which one might be described as pondering, reflecting, or putting two and two together.
Alien races are relatively regular encountees, but communication is initially impossible - each encounter might reveal a few more words of their language, until late in the game their concerns can be discerned in a pidgin English.
Through the use of cluster analysis, the existence of three identities associated with these strategies was discerned in a sample of 267 deaf adults: culturally hearing identity, culturally deaf identity, and bicultural identity, each comprising about a third of the sample.
