He will not construct his theory of modality around modal claims that his system entails are confused, and so the theory that he offers will not necessarily square with all of the modal claims that we would advance pre-reflectively.
Simpson constructed his theory of quantum evolution around geneticist Sewall Wright's (1932) "adaptive landscape" imagery (see Eldredge 2008b, for a discussion of adaptive landscapes and their use in evolutionary theory; Simpson 1944, sometimes shifted to his own terminology, talking about interzonal shifts on an "adaptive grid," but the essence of the imagery is the same as Wright's).
"Had Max Weber lived among the Hausa", Mr Beattie sniffs, "he might well have concluded that Muslims were good for growth and constructed his convoluted psychological theories around the tenets of Islam".
However, Faraday used the lines of force for explaining his experimental observations and in constructing the theory of forces in magnetism and electricity.
Pure jurisprudence guides ethics in constructing a theory of humanity by overcoming a problem that, Cohen thinks, any theory of humanity faces.
According to van Fraassen, explanations are answers to questions and getting clear about the logic of questions is central to constructing a theory of explanation.
In the search for that basis, Thomas and his contemporaries construct a theory of practical reason far more complex than the mere designation of a type of intellectual reasoning; it becomes an account of the nature of moral goodness itself.
Grotius sought to achieve his practical objective to minimize bloodshed in wars by constructing a general theory of law (jurisprudentia) that would restrain and regulate war between various independent powers, including states.
The activities of judges and practicing lawyers were therefore, for the first time, given pride of place in constructing a philosophical theory of law.
Behavioural inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: Constructing a unifying theory of AD/HD.
