Thus, on this view, if we have good reason to countenance the existence of, e.g., the proposition that roses are red, then we also have good reason to countenance the existence of the concept red.
He concludes, then, that to the extent that this is so, we have reason to countenance their existence after all.
There are compelling reasons to countenance singular propositions as the contents of some sentences of natural language and our attitudes.
For these reasons, if linguists countenance countable languages at all, they usually think in terms of idiolects.
If they go well and if Burundi returns to stable rule, African heads of state may have to countenance a new political dynamic.One reason for it may be the growing professionalisation of the continent's armies.
The Indians can't countenance marketing the land for a second reason: it contains their ancestors.
Bear Stearns's entanglement in credit-default swaps (CDSs) was the prime reason why regulators dared not countenance the Wall Street firm's bankruptcy in March.
10-11), but, unlike Mackie, he is willing to countenance the identification of moral facts with reasons that have their source in the agent's "aims and goals" (1977: 133)—i.e., that are "subutctive" reasons.
The only conceivable reason for Mr Khamenei's failure to countenance their arrest was his fear of turning adversaries into martyrs.In the first week of January came an admonition.
Libyan lawmakers and local leaders across the political spectrum have vowed for months that their new government would never countenance Western military action on Libyan soil for any reason.
Nor would he have had reason to think that Lackey would have countenanced an illegal overture.
