Sentence examples for is purely arbitrary from inspiring English sources

A philosopher called Hermogenes argues that the relationship between a word and its meaning is purely arbitrary; Cratylus, another philosopher, disagrees; and Socrates eventually concludes that there is sometimes a connection between meaning and sound.

The chosen deflection of span/150 for its calculation is purely arbitrary and is not based on serviceability considerations.

This chosen value of binder-to-fluid ratio is purely arbitrary and only a matter of convenience having no other significance.

The kind and the extent of one's natural abilities are due to a lottery of nature; considered from a moral standpoint their distribution is purely arbitrary (Rawls 1971, 48).

Nevertheless, Descartes' hypothesis of motion may sanction a species of relative motion, since his phrase, "considered at rest", implies that the choice of which bodies are at rest or in motion is purely arbitrary.

(This figure of 60% is purely arbitrary and could easily be changed based on more accurate biological data).

The seven-year line we employed was purely arbitrary.

But such criteria are purely arbitrary and contain within themselves the seeds of their own expansion.

Furthermore, the company believes that specific legislation targeting Tallinn Water is being drafted- which it considers to be purely arbitrary.

What applies for social circumstances should also apply for such gifts, both these factors being purely arbitrary from a moral point of view and requiring adjustment.

The War Office stated in a memorandum to the Prime Minister in December 1940 that 500 parachute troops could probably be trained and be ready for operations by the spring of 1941, but this figure was purely arbitrary; the actual number that could be trained and prepared by that period would rely entirely on the creation of a training establishment and the provision of required equipment.