Sentence examples for generally accepted premises from inspiring English sources

Such volleys still don't even amount to arguments: they don't put forward generally accepted premises that support a conclusion.

There's a generally accepted premise among food scholars that food scarcity, for the most part, is not what leads to hunger.

[Abstract available: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/104/2/499] This study explored the generally accepted premise that, because authentic research experiences can be "one of the most powerful instructional tools" (National Science Foundation [NSF], 1989, p. 6), all undergraduate students should be encouraged to participate, early and often.

A barrier to a critical assessment of cancer burden in indigenous populations is the lack of a universal definition of "indigenous" or "indigeneity," although a generally accepted premise is that such peoples are the first inhabitants of a region or country and for whom existence predates colonization.

Although the courts there generally accept the premise that an engagement ring is a conditional gift, he said that in a 2003 decision: "the court decided that if the donor was the one who broke the promise, then the recipient could keep it.

In doing so, the deductivist may note that implicit premises are a generally accepted feature of natural language arguments, and invoke standard ways of identifying implicit premises.

Even though his methodology has come under attack -- critics say his numbers are exaggerated -- his premise is generally accepted, and his book, "Men Against Fire," is read throughout the military establishment.

That the farms act as reservoirs of infection for passing wild fish is generally accepted in Europe, but the premise has been hotly contested in the U.S and Canada.

Are the words used linguistically derived from words that are part of an accepted premise?

While the importance of appropriate early antimicrobial therapy is generally accepted, there are several studies that do not support this premise [ 33- 37].

But most probably this argument would not be persuasive, since the premise (P2) can hardly be taken as a generally accepted and evident opinion.