Sentence examples for hypothetical principles from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Third, insofar as I act only on material principles or hypothetical imperatives, I do not act freely, but rather I act only to satisfy some desire(s) that I have, and what I desire is not ultimately within my control.

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.