That objection stems from a popular diagnosis of Gettier cases, namely that inference resting on a false premise cannot yield knowledge (see section 3 of the entry on the analysis of knowledge).
She demonstrated, in particular, that the conditional distribution of the times, t i, i = 1, 2, …, n at which accidents occurred in a time period (0, T) is the same in both cases, namely that of an ordered sample from a uniform distribution over (0, T) with probability density function n ! T− n.
Hunter's name was never mentioned in court documents, but VICE News detailed the apparent links between the two cases — namely that they both unfolded at about the same time in Thailand and involved sophisticated drug smuggling operations.
But nevertheless the Telegraph cannot resist going to town on salacious twist to the case, namely that it centres on a randy priest.
A DISSENT By Justice Harding I would affirm Judge Sauls' order because I agree with his ultimate conclusion in this case, namely that the appellants failed to carry their requisite burden of proof and thus are not entitled to relief.
The briefing then provided guidance on what should be said about the case, namely that the minister was aware of the SKM corruption probe, but that no Australian aid money was thought to be involved.
The second view that we'll consider is Josh Greene's view that the right thing to do in the Fat Man case is the same thing as the right thing to do in the Bystander case, namely that in both cases, the right thing to do is to stop the trolley from hitting the five and cause it instead to kill the one.
On the first day of her House of Lords appeal, the director of public prosecutions conceded one of the arguments in the case, namely that end-of-life decisions are covered by the "right to life" provisions under Article 8 of the European convention on human rights.
It represents the first application of the most important legal precedents established in the Pinochet case, namely that former heads of state no longer enjoy impunity for crimes against humanity, and that they can be brought to trial in any country on the basis of "universal jurisdiction" for such crimes.
For Charles Cooper, the lawyer defending Proposition 8, California's gay-marriage ban, the worst moment of the proceedings probably came when Elena Kagan zeroed in on the most consistent and conspicuous weakness in the anti-gay-marriage case, namely that the unchanging purpose of marriage is procreation.
Again, that which is a beginning of other things is a greater good than that which is not, and that which is a cause is a greater good than that which is not; the reason being the same in each case, namely that without a cause and a beginning nothing can exist or come into existence.
