Sentence examples for formal speculation from inspiring English sources

As he has said: "I was quick to realise that this novelty [of the avant-garde], this experimentation and formal speculation is more destructive than constructive".

While there is clear evidence that simple optical instruments such as plane and curved mirrors and convex lenses were used by a number of early civilizations, ancient Greek philosophers are generally credited with the first formal speculations about the nature of light.

How did meta get from statements like "2+2=4 is valid within Frege's formal system" and speculation about the first principles governing causality to a dapper Japanese gentleman inadvertently making potty jokes to a kitschy secret agent?

Philosophy was revived through the development of logic and dialectic and their application to doctrines of the faith in formal exercises, in Augustinian speculation, and in critical reformulation.

A second criticism dismisses the formal-syntactic picture as speculation ungrounded in scientific practice.

At the moment, with no formal negotiations, all manner of speculation is running.

He went beyond others of his time in his speculations about the formal logical operations that could be automated on a machine.

Mr. McCain's previous statements that he would support the party's nominee fell short of a formal seal of approval and fueled speculation, which Mr. Bush's aides were eager to quell, about what was taking so long.

Neither has disclosed a formal offer for Cable and Wireless HKT, leading to breathless speculation in the markets and news media.

"I talked to him this morning and he said all those reports are speculation, he never received a formal offer," said Nicole Bouchard, the Remparts' director of media relations.

Standard Chartered is the first London-listed bank to make a formal statement on its exposure to Dubai amid speculation that Royal Bank of Scotland, soon to be 84% owned by the taxpayer, has the greatest exposure.