Sentence examples for given phenomenon from inspiring English sources

Dr. Marshall used to ask his residents if they had learned about Occam's razor: Given the choice between multiple explanations for any given phenomenon, the simplest explanation is almost always right.

The fundamental assumption of relativity is realistic, namely, that those respects in which all observers agree when they record a given phenomenon may be regarded as objective, and not as contributed by the observers.

One of his signature rhetorical maneuvers is to render, in as plain and unmocking a manner as possible, two partisan stories about — or, as the liberal slur goes, "both sides" of — a given phenomenon or event, and then to clear a path through the middle, revealing the gulf between them to be the result of virtually irreconcilable patterns of thought.

(That element presents a particular difficulty when one attempts to pass judgment on the issue of typicality versus untypicality in ancient and especially Archaic Greek history; it often is not known whether a given phenomenon is frequent or merely frequently attested. That kind of thing creates difficulties for what students of modern history call "exceptionalist" theories about particular states).

This is because distinguishing between types of phenomena can be regarded as a way of distinguishing between different ways of classifying them, and there may be any number of ways of classifying a given phenomenon that are not reducible to each other.

Contextual values can determine which questions are asked and which are ignored about a given phenomenon.

Ultimate truth transcends conventional truth, and the knowledge of empirically given phenomena as dependently arisen could not satisfy the criterion of knowing ultimate truth.

Specific examples are given to illustrate wider trends in the landscape, but are not intended to stand as the "only" examples of given phenomena.

To frame the elicitation questions we chose a time scale of three months to evaluate the likelihood of observing any given phenomena or sustained level of activity.

Curie's principle then furnishes a necessary condition for given phenomena to happen: only those phenomena can happen that are compatible with the symmetry conditions established by the principle.

Partners contribute their expertise to enhance understanding of given phenomena and to integrate the knowledge gained with action to benefit the community involved [ 31, 32].