Sentence examples for defend this form from inspiring English sources

I do not defend this form of egoism, but neither can I deny its force.

The windows and large entrance-way would have looked impressive, but would also have been very hard to defend; this form of tower probably reflected earlier Anglo-Saxon high-status towers and was intended to display lordship.

But because Locke grounded certain knowledge on knowledge of essences, which he felt were forever hidden from us, he was forced to defend this weaker form of knowledge as appropriate to human knowledge.

Although Heider defends this strong form of constructionism, his model of common sense psychology implies that the attributive mechanisms that induce the illusory experience of agency are nonetheless routinely associated with the successful identification of real persons or living agents.

And yet I hope it's not only defensiveness that urges me to defend the form against an indictment that in some iterations seems more trendy than rigorous.

According to the company, its patent portfolio is well-known in the industry, and feigning ignorance won't be enough to defend the Form 1.

Once the Administration — or the Supreme Court — concludes that one form of discrimination against gays is unconstitutional, it becomes more difficult to defend any form of discrimination.

The non-naturalist's standard move here is to defend some form of "intuitionism".

In contrast, Silvers and Francis (2005) defend a form of contract theory in which the parties seek to build mutual trust.

Thus, an agent's capacity to raise and defend claims can form the basis of self-respect only if this capacity can actually be exercised; such opportunity for participation however, can only be taken advantage of if individuals have a certain social standard of living, which includes a minimum of cultural education and economic security.

Up until his retirement in 2005, he continued to defend his art form and his contribution to it.