In her (1974), Hesse develops a justification for analogical reasoning along Carnapian lines by adopting what she calls the Clustering Postulate: the assumption that our epistemic probability function ought to have a built-in bias towards generalization.
In A Theory of Justice (1971), the American philosopher John Rawls attempted to develop a nonutilitarian justification of a democratic political order characterized by fairness, equality, and individual rights.
Executive compensation consultants, like actuaries, start with their client's desired outcome and then develop a lengthy justification using peer group comparisons rotten to the core.
As Husserl explains in detail in his second major work, Ideas (1913), the resulting perspective on the realm of intentional consciousness is supposed to enable the phenomenologist to develop a radically unprejudiced justification of his (or her) basic views on the world and himself and explore their rational interconnections.
I developed a complex justification for nonengagement, persuading myself that I had a moral and artistic obligation to stick with the original plan.
In the 17th century many intellectuals (some of them clerics such as Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet [1627 1704]) developed a Hobbesian justification of absolutist rule, which was renewed throughout the 18th century.
The new policy has been much anticipated by American allies in Asia and Europe because of the perception that the administration was using the threat of North Korea's long-range missiles as a justification to develop a missile defense.
The Bush administration's new policy toward North Korea had been awaited by American allies in Asia and Europe because of the perception that the administration was using the threat of North Korea's long-range missiles as a justification to develop a missile defense.
Bodin's work, which was undertaken as the modern state was first developing, provided a justification of the legitimacy of national governments, one fiercely defended to this day.
We apply the majorization-minimization techniques mentioned above to develop a low-complexity anytime algorithm that has a strong analytical justification.
A theoretical justification independent of the concrete context of application is crucial for empirical-ethical research to develop a critical stance towards the social practice observed.
