Whewell's method of hypotheses, or the "hypothetico-deductive method" as it has come to be called by its defenders such as Popper, is often useful in inquiry, but does not justify accepting as true the hypotheses it assumes: for such acceptance to be reasonable, alternatives must be eliminated.
Nevertheless, it justifies accepting as certain only the existence of the person who thinks it.
But Common Cause New York said the commission was far too weak to justify accepting gerrymandered lines for another decade.
But Leiter did say he could justify accepting a trade a year from now if the Mets do not improve.
And for those who may still have doubts, he avers that all his actions were "deliberate and correct".The recipients of Mr Berezovsky's cash say the importance of their cause justifies accepting it.
She defended her decision on the grounds that only proof of fraud, noncompliance with election procedures or a natural disaster could justify accepting late returns -- not confusion over a ballot format, voter error or the "mere possibility" that the outcome of an election could be affected.
Suppose Albert and Betty are the only members of the justificatory constituency and suppose there are no shared reasons that would justify accepting X.
Plus, it's hard to justify accepting an A student with mediocre SAT scores when you are faced with another A student who also excelled on all of his or her tests.
Our actual felt experiences of reverential respect play a significant role in some of these explanatory accounts; what justifies accepting our experience of respect for humans (or other beings) as grounds for an obligation is its coherence with our other moral beliefs (Buss 1999, Margalit 1996, Gibbard 1990).
Even so, even though that is the best guarantee that there is sufficient reason to justify accepting the belief as true or the action as right, nonetheless, as always, we are fallible: while it may be the best guarantee of truth or belief or rightness of action that we have, one must also allow that it is best only so far as our fallible judgement allows.
