Sentence examples for hypothetical principle from inspiring English sources

Phlogiston, in early chemical theory, hypothetical principle of fire, of which every combustible substance was in part composed.

The finger velocity (dot{x}_f) was determined such that we could test the two types of hypotheses described in section "Hypothetical principle: friction perception via lateral vibration".

The principles hypothesized in section "Hypothetical principle: friction perception via lateral vibration" imply that the lowered relative velocities raised the friction forces.

The results of the friction simulation, psychophysical experiments and measured friction during the experiments suggested that the transient increases in friction caused by the decrease in the relative velocity influenced friction perception for the vibrating contactor, indicating that our hypothetical principle can be one explanation of the observed phenomena.

A hypothetical principle may explain how it works.

Hence, any change in the relative velocity between the fingertip and contactor, caused by a lateral vibration, potentially affects the perception of friction through roughness perception; such a mechanism is not considered in our hypothetical principles.

The planet itself is not thought to be conducive to life, but hypothetical moons in principle could maintain at least microbial life.

Rawls initially understood public justification entirely in terms of a hypothetical contract where principles of justice were justified for all members of the public.

A hypothetical imperative is a principle of rationality that says that I should act in a certain way if I choose to satisfy some desire.

Kant, however, sees the principle of hypothetical imperatives as subordinate to the categorical imperative (cf. Korsgaard 1997), since reason can also be the source of unconditional demands.

We focus on the strongest impact plausible given our current limited understanding of how reactivation may work and because from the public health perspective evaluation of the worst case scenario is essential to assess the scale of hypothetical reactivation issue in principle.