Sentence examples for internal and external questions from inspiring English sources

Rudolf Carnap's (1956) distinction between internal and external questions may prove relevant here.

But here it is important to distinguish between internal and external questions concerning a system of categories.

To this we must add that for Carnap ramseyfications of theoretical terms can support only internal existence claims: he explicitly reaffirmed his confidence in the distinction between internal and external question to defuse the realism/anti-realism issue (1966 [1996, 256]).

A selection of possible "internal" and "external" research questions is introduced.

Thus, because these data may be biased, and their internal and external validity questioned, they may not be applicable to some women with stable, mild and asymptomatic hypertension.

Almost 150 companies have been engulfed in internal and external investigations stemming from questions raised earlier this year about the impact and legality of options granting practices.

Inquiry can focus on questions both "internal" and "external" to homeopathic discourse (see Table 2).

Whoever wins the race will have to deal with daunting internal and external challenges, apart from the question of when his constitutional powers will be decided by the next parliament.

The values of α were 0.701 and 0.716, and 0.721 for the questions of internal and external disturbances, and risk indicators (consequential effect), respectively, that ensured the reliability and internal consistency of the measuring scales.

The third contained questions about internal and external communication strategies pertaining to the policy (using a three point scale: standard communication, communication on request, no communication), and the availability of training and education (internal and outsourced) (using a three point scale: yes, no but we plan to in the near future, no we don't plan to in the near future).

Unlike such internal questions, however, external questions, questions whether numbers or electrons "really exist" irrespective of any framework, are ruled out as illegitimate and meaningless.