Sentence examples for generalised truths from inspiring English sources

Exact(1)

Now obviously, the aim of science is to come up with answers to questions that become generalised truths, but psychology is a domain in which it is fiendishly hard to establish them.

Similar(59)

Notice how the psychologists measured one thing (rate of drinking lager), for just two different glasses, over a single drink, for one set of people (volunteers in Bristol, in 2012), and yet a generalised truth stating that "people drink more from curved glasses" emerged from a specific set of circumstances.

(In classical logic, of course, only truth is designated and thus the generalised concept reduces to the classical concept of necessary truth-preservation).

There's not much to be said, beyond a generalised expression of incredulous disgust, about the apparently growing Sandy Hook "truth" movement, and probably much to be gained by ignoring it.

A generalised expression of astonishment, "'Struth!" started out as an oath: "God's truth!" Certainly, there is an impersonal, almost omniscient quality to the truth conveyed by Struth's best photographs, among them a series devoted to "Places of Worship" in which the camera exults in its ability to capture what he calls "monumental emotional packages of overwhelming experience".

Sometimes a person who is really an atheist may describe herself, even passionately, as an agnostic because of unreasonable generalised philosophical scepticism which would preclude us from saying that we know anything whatever except perhaps the truths of mathematics and formal logic.

Scottish philosopher J. J. C. Smart even argues that "sometimes a person who is really an atheist may describe herself, even passionately, as an agnostic because of unreasonable generalised philosophical skepticism which would preclude us from saying that we know anything whatever, except perhaps the truths of mathematics and formal logic".

That has contributed to generalised dollar strength.

Raising taxes causes only generalised grumbling.

All her speeches shun detail and use generalised phrases instead.

Diagnosis = generalised periodontitis; stage IV, grade B; currently unstable.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: