Sentence examples for like redness from inspiring English sources

Philosophers have often argued that possession of a common property (like redness), together with certain linguistic conventions, explains why general terms apply to the things that they do.

To the extent that a property like redness allows us to count red things, it is because we are relying on the umbrella count noun 'thing' to help with the count.

Red is normally an adjective, but when an adjective is used in an abstract sense to mean something like redness, then we can use it in noun form: I want red on this wall here, an interior designer might say.

In connection with properties, the standard immanent-realist view is that properties like redness exist only in the physical world, in particular, in actual red things, as nonspatial parts or aspects of those things (this view traces back to Aristotle; in contemporary times, it has been defended by Armstrong (1978)).

As a result, the officers often downplayed the incidents, listing injuries like "redness, cuts, scratches, or abrasions to the neck".

An F.D.A. panel voted 10 to 1 in November to approve it, with one member expressing concern about safety, especially about adverse reactions like redness at the injection site and occasional fever.

LL-37 induces interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion by human keratinocytes, and injection of LL-37 into mouse skin recapitulates rosacea-like redness and PMN infiltration [3].

Sunburn occurs when overexposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays kills cells in the top layer of skin and triggers reactions like inflammation, redness, pain and blistering, said Dr. Mandy L. Warthan, a dermatologist in Dallas.

Products like Eucerin Redness Relief Soothing Cleanser claim to tame not only run-of-the-mill crimson cheeks but also the persistent skin condition known as rosacea.

Darwinians who study physical evolution distinguish between traits that are themselves adaptive, like having blood cells that can transport oxygen, and traits that are byproducts of adaptations, like the redness of blood.

Indeed, according to common sense, when I see a red apple on the table, I am directly seeing the apple (at least its surface facing me) and its qualities like its redness.