Sentence examples for foregoing debate from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, Platonism and fictionalism disagree on the metaphysical question of whether abstract objects exist, and an examination of the foregoing debate does not provide any compelling reason to endorse or reject either view (though some reasons have proved plausible and attractive enough to persuade people to take sides on this question).

The foregoing argument makes essential use of collapse.

Graham Oppy (2003) suggests a way to defeat the foregoing argument.

The foregoing argument incorporates deontological and consequentialist considerations.

Rupert (2001) has a lengthy reply to the foregoing argument.

The rushed process, conducted largely behind closed doors, drew criticism from Democrats and others for foregoing the usual hearings and debate expected for such a major legislative undertaking.

The foregoing discussion shows that the epistemological debate between the Buddhists and the Naiyāyikas regarding the nature of perception rests on, and brings to the fore, their metaphysical disagreement about the nature of universals.

Yet as the foregoing also clearly shows, the policy and legal debates surrounding homosexuality involve fundamental issues of morality and justice.

The foregoing discussion does not, of course, cover every argument that has been offered in the longstanding debate between Humeans and anti-Humeans, just a few of the ones that philosophers have evidently found most persuasive.

Before we turn to the many questions which the foregoing depiction leaves open, and which lie at the heart of debates about the nature of moral motivation, we should make note of two important points.

In particular, this debate concerns questions of procreative ethics and population policies.[14] The foregoing considerations suggested that the claim that there are nonexistent objects has considerable explanatory force.