Sentence examples for given the proposition from inspiring English sources

For example, the speaker may be lying, the hearer may distrust the speaker, or may already have given the proposition a very high credence before the utterance.

Highlights of this charming suburban romp include regular scenes featuring cannibal rituals, jovial accusations of rape and delightful quips such as, "You can't reason with a Sambo, they haven't got the intellect!" Watching Love Thy Neighbour for too long is genuinely exhausting, especially given the proposition it was somehow created in the pursuit of social betterment.

We accept as given the proposition that poverty (both absolute and relative) is inimical to health equity and undermines access to SDH.

Given the proposition that safer sex behavior among HIV-positive people is a form of prosocial behavior, the present study extended the general framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior with Schwartz's norm-activation theory and tested the assumption that personal norms would mediate the effects of other psychosocial factors on intended condom use for anal sex.

But he did not give the proposition good odds of success.

Dodson said he was surprised by Shorten's phone call to sound him out for the position, but says after giving the proposition "deep thought" he decided it was a "good opportunity and not one that should be passed up".

Reinjecting the remaining term in (8) gives the proposition.

On Wittgenstein's account, both middle and later, "[a] new proof gives the proposition a place in a new system" (RFM VI, §13), it "locates it in the whole system of calculations," though it "does not mention, certainly does not describe, the whole system of calculation that stands behind the proposition and gives it sense" (RFM VI, §11).

Using equation (28) we get which gives the proposition.

The editorial was written because the American Association was meeting at Newport and "seemed equally disposed to give the propositions of Mr. Darwin a wide berth".

Given that "The Proposition" tells something of a national-foundation story, there's a primal, almost biblical tint to its parts.