Thus a number of writers have stressed the more modest, defensive idea of vindication at work in Kant: not a positive proof that permits no doubt, but a defence that address the specific worries of specific audiences.
"There are some that can get a little defensive about new ideas and propositions.
And when she started to feel defensive, as the ideas flew and different people in the room tried to take control, she reminded herself of what makes veterans different.
A new study from the Olin Business School at Washington University shows that standing up while engaging in a group project makes workers more creative, more enthusiastic, less defensive of their ideas and more willing to collaborate than when they're sitting down.
Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union, concern over the burden of high defense expenditures, combined with an awareness that the arms buildup of the 1970s had triggered a counterresponse from NATO, encouraged "new thinking" that actually picked up on the ideas of defensive defense.
It's easy to see why parents are particularly defensive about the idea of seemingly naked images of their children being seen by strangers.
Might musicians also feel threatened, or at least a bit defensive, about the idea of apps like Scape letting anyone have a go at music composition (well, "curation") even if they don't have traditional music skills?
To cybersecurity experts, Friday's incident showed exactly why technology companies such as Microsoft, Google and Apple are so defensive about the idea of backdoors into their services and devices.
