Sentence examples for distinct thesis from inspiring English sources

A distinct thesis from Fodor's, the massive modularity thesis, gets a sustained philosophical defense from Peter Carruthers (see especially Carruthers 2006).

The doctrine can be factored into two distinct theses.

Classical compatibilism is associated with several distinct theses.

Externalism and internalism about contents are distinct theses from externalism and internalism about phenomenology.

In the two paragraphs quoted above, Brentano sketches an entire research programme based on three distinct theses.

2. Donald Gilles (1993) and Larry Laudan (1990) have each also suggested that multiple, distinct theses have been mistakenly conflated as "the" thesis of underdetermination, but each proceeds to divide up the terrain much differently than I have.

The theory of the mean is open to several objections, but before considering them, we should recognize that in fact there are two distinct theses each of which might be called a doctrine of the mean.

That chapter title combines two conceptually distinct theses: first, the thesis defended by Michael Ghiselin (Ghiselin 1997) and championed and refined by David Hull Hulll 2001), that species are in a robust sense of the term 'individuals'; and second, that there may well be selection among groups of organisms, qua groups.

Note that the charge of incredibility is not directed at the assertion that the mind is the functioning brain, or is a set of brain properties, and not a distinct substance a thesis in good standing in the philosophy of mind (see the entries on identity theory of mind and functionalism).

For example, biology professors typically supervise multiple, distinct senior thesis projects: Could this process be improved by utilizing project management skills so that the professor's time would be effectively distributed to meet the needs of his or her students?

Let's consider two distinct ways this thesis might be developed.