Sentence examples for hypothetical reflection from inspiring English sources

A second question is this: since the reflection that is involved in autonomy (and which, according to this view, is the source of normativity) need only be hypothetical reflection upon one's desires and mental capacities, then the question arises: under what conditions is this hypothetical reflection meant to take place?

If the capacity for reflection is the seat of obligation, then we must ask if the conditions under which such hypothetical reflection takes place are idealized in any sense — if they are assumed to be reasonable for example.

A second type of challenge to the apriority of application conditionals focuses on the process of reflection on hypothetical scenarios (Dowell 2008; Melnyk 2008).

And the examination of our beliefs is guided by reflection on hypothetical possibilities: we cannot trust our perceptual beliefs, for example, because we cannot rule out the possibility that they are produced by a dream or by wicked scientists manipulating our brains.

When NGS was first discussed, ethicists were forced to base their reflections upon hypothetical assumptions concerning IFs.

In addition, the degradation state of these buried wooden remains were investigated by calculating reflection coefficients while a hypothetical larger reconstruction of the Grace Dieu's hull was achieved, through the use of the ShipShape ship design software package.

The general results are demonstrated for several hypothetical porous materials, and it is shown that the reflection coefficient and the vibration amplitude are typically less than in classical media without voids.

An individual's good is the hypothetical composition of impulsive forces that results from deliberative reflection meeting certain conditions" (Rawls, [1971], 1999: 366).

First, the hypothetical term "area-level stress" is regarded as a reflection of social and environmental conditions.

The bedside nurses' perception is another and, arguably, potentially a more realistic independent observer-based reflection of these decisions than asking intensivists to respond to hypothetical scenarios.

Most authors start their ethical reflections assuming that genomic research will generate IFs in substantial numbers, but this premise remains hypothetical.