In Hempel's theory, evidence statement \ e\) is said to confirm hypothesis \(h\) just in case it entails, not \(h\) in its full extension, but suitable instantiations of \(h\).
A language, for him, is just a pairing of sentences with the meanings they are assigned under this convention, and a theory of the language is correct just in case it entails this pairing.
A visit to the doctor means a routine trip for many of us but in Ramirez's case, it entails hours of commutes, an anxiety driven by her inability to communicate in English, and an overshadowing fear of both rejection and reveal of her undocumented status.
When it came to the fore that one of our colleagues had a "better" lifestyle than the rest of us (in this case, it entailed a 9-5 job, with a lot of spare time in the evenings), for about the same pay, it was interesting to watch everyone's behavior on the table: "Are there more openings in your company?" was the first question that came to the fore multiple times from all corners of the table!
Stripping may have a variable extent, and although in most cases it entails a 1- to 2-mm mesiodistal reduction, removal of as high as 50% in enamel width has been reported, which in radical cases can generate 7 mm of space [7].
Nuclear power has been extensively used in space applications but in very few cases it entailed the use of nuclear fission reactors.
For example, it entails that CATs have the content cats or crumpled paper in the case just considered.
If he has in mind the standard modal notion of entailment (\(A\) entails \(B\) just in case it is impossible for \(A\) to be true and \(B\) false), then (3) is false, for in that sense of entailment, logical truths entail all necessary truths, not just other logical truths.
(The notion of property entailment in play is this: property P entails property Q just in case it is metaphysically necessary that anything that possesses P also possesses Q).
Moreover, it is also worth noting that on some definitions of 'physical object', abstract objects could be physical; e.g., on one view, an object counts as a physical object just in case its existence is entailed by (true or accepted) physical theory; on this usage, abstract objects could be physical.
(Indeed, in some cases it may entail paying good people more; one reason why Singapore has arguably the best civil service in the world is that it pays some of them more than $2m a year).The immediate battle will be over benefits, not pay.
