Just as important, the existence of dilemmas does lead to inconsistencies if one endorses certain widely held theses.
In 1963, though, the sociologists John H. Goldthorpe and David Lockwood disputed this widely held "embourgeoisement thesis," arguing that the erosion of social class had not been as great as believed.
Meinong's early theory of value (1894; 1895) can be dubbed a subjectivist theory insofar as Meinong holds the thesis that there are values because of our value attitudes [Werthaltungen], and not that we would value things because they have value.
In view of the difficulties posed by Hempel's dilemma and related problems, some philosophers have explored the interesting idea that to be a physicalist is not to hold some thesis or belief – that is, to hold something that may be true or false – but is rather to adopt a kind of attitude or stance.
While one can be an associationist without holding those theses, some of those theses imply associationism to differing degrees.
The thesis held that the Turks were descended from an ancient people who lived around an inland sea in Central Asia, where they basically started civilization all by themselves.
In fact, Brentwood's investment thesis held up relatively well during the downturn; the fourth fund declined 3 percent in revenue on an ownership-weighted basis from the end of 2007 through the second quarter of 2009.
To begin with, Leibniz held the Scholastic thesis that "being" and "one" are equivalent.
The data reinforces the thesis held by many on Wall Street that business, rather than consumers, will lead the economic recovery.
Such a notion violates the thesis held by many academic analysts like Saskia Sassen who see core cities like New York, London and Tokyo as occupying "new geographies of centrality" that provide "the strategic sites for management of the global economy".
His analysis was based on a long-held thesis, and he conducted himself according to legal and ethical standards.
