Sentence examples for general sceptical from inspiring English sources

The term 'skepticism' in the title stands for this general sceptical tendency.

First, Austin presents the issue as concerning the classification by use of utterances of types of sentence, and we have already seen that he is in general sceptical about alleged associations between sentences and their occasional uses.

Much 20th-century philosophical discussion of memory addressed its status as a source of knowledge, either in the context of general sceptical concerns about knowledge of the past, or in investigating criteria for the reliability of particular memory beliefs (Owens 1999; and see the entry on epistemological problems of memory).

Even the Greens who support the residents' parking zones in general are sceptical of a blanket roll-out on this scale.

Therefore, it might appeal to and include people who in general are sceptical and would otherwise not contribute to biobank research.

At the oral hearing Massachusetts's assistant attorney-general faced sceptical questions from the liberal justices who have opposed the expansion of states' rights.

"The city in general was very sceptical [of getting the Siemens contract]," he says.

His contrition was immediate and he vowed to return "a stronger player all round at the highest possible level", but the general response was sceptical.

And finally, if a renegade CEO decided to include human assets on the balance sheet, most likely he or she would be restrained by a sceptical general counsel or chief financial officer who would view increased disclosure as carrying greater risk.

While engineering solutions can now safely produce recycled and desalinated water from non-potable sources at a relatively low cost, the general public is sceptical about adopting these alternative water sources.

Nurses and patients reported that positive changes in their organization were a result of accreditation, while physicians in general were more sceptical.