Sentence examples for firmness views from inspiring English sources

Mainly because of the latter, both the Hempelian and the firmness views of confirmation must depart from the plausible HD idea that hypotheses are generally confirmed by their verified consequences (see Hempel 1945, 103 104).

Partly because of appealing formal features such as those mentioned so far, there is a long list of distinguished scholars advocating the firmness view of confirmation, from Keynes (1921) and Hosiasson-Lindenbaum (1940) onwards, most often coupled with some form of impermissive Bayesianism (see Hawthorne 2011 and Williamson 2011 for contemporary variations).

"She has already proven the firmness of her position".

"Mexico will make its position known with firmness and lots of clarity".

Whatever one's views are on David Cameron, I have respect for his firmness during the gay marriage debate in standing up to party bigots.

From the palace's point of view, just a brief, quotable appearance, in which calmness, firmness and unity were resolutely projected, would confirm that the royal family, when not celebrating its anniversaries, is vital, as advertised, to national stability.

Nixon has up to now been a politician whose convictions have been charactirized by their lack of firmness and whose commitments to policy have been- sometimes notoriously so- the opposite of irrevocable... View Article By Miranda Carter By Jia Tolentino By Amos Barshad By Emily Nussbaum.

In Gandhi Under Cross-Examination, they create an imaginary courtroom where they can put the screws to an imaginary Gandhi over his non-imaginary racial views, his rampant careerism, and the lies and fabrications at the foundation of his movement for the "firmness of truth".

Mr. Kerry is viewed more negatively by voters than he was on the morning of March 3, and Mr. Bush appears to have succeeded in planting doubts about the firmness of Mr. Kerry's convictions, according to a variety of polls.

New York has embodied firmness and security.

Their firmness is due to their exercise.