Quoting these passages, David Chalmers (1996, p. 360) objects that if 'something is going on' is construed broadly enough it is inadequate, and if it is construed narrowly enough to cover only experiential states (or processes) it is not sufficient for the conclusion.
They settle on the idea that unmotivated actions are to be minimized, where an action ("actions" construed generally enough to include any change) can be motivated directly, e.g. by an axiom, or indirectly, through chains of motivations.
We might therefore try to tighten the definition by saying that a miracle is an event that exceeds the productive power of nature (St. Thomas Aquinas, SCG 3.103; ST 1.110, art. 4), where "nature" is construed broadly enough to include ourselves and any other creatures substantially like ourselves.
One wishes he had construed his project ambitiously enough to bring this literature into conversation with the giants of classical political theory who colonize his imagination.
Apparently, the PA task construed a transfer gap that was 'near' enough to successfully bridge, but 'far' enough to be challenging.
Mark McKinnon, Mr. Bush's former advertising strategist, noted that the ad's message was ambiguous enough that it could be construed as helping Mr. Romney.
He was so reticent and mild-mannered that his mere laughter on the bench was once construed by a hotheaded referee as being enough out of character to merit an ejection.
He was not directly blaming Cipriani, more venting frustration that his side could not take their opportunities, but Diamond is shrewd enough to know that will be construed as a reminder for his fly-half, upon whose form he relies so much.
The fact that what Ms Chavez described as charity could easily have been construed as paying an illegal immigrant to do housework was enough to disqualify her.Ms Chavez also seems to have been less than forthcoming with Mr Bush's people about how much she knew about Mrs Mercado.
After all, "the task of protecting the Libyan people" could easily be construed as bringing down Qaddafi; for that matter, the phrase is vague enough to encompass a flu vaccination campaign for children in Tripoli.
