Sentence examples for merely suppose from inspiring English sources

Suppose that "X" does mean dog under conditions of good lighting, lack of serious occlusions, etc. Do not merely suppose that "X" is caused by dogs under conditions of good light, lack of serious occlusions, etc.; grant that "X" really does mean dog under these conditions.

To unify our observations with those of Noor, we need merely suppose that genes under strong constraint at the protein level are under strong constraint in the intronic and promoter regions as well.

We're merely supposed to enjoy feelings of vague benevolence.

They're merely supposed to tell consumers when the producer believes the products will reach their peak quality.

He was merely supposed to simulate an opponent's plays for the Bulldogs' first-team defense, but he did not grasp the concept.

The Parlements, the major courts of the nation, were dismantled and replaced by a unified system of courts that were merely supposed to apply the law and never to lay down general rules.

It merely supposes that these other terms are meaningful, and that sentences containing them have truth-values.

In a related vein, Tamar Gendler (2000) points out that while attempting to vividly imagine something like that female infanticide is morally right seems to generate imaginative resistance, merely supposing it does not.

They argue that Putnam's "just more theory" talk is merely supposed to highlight the theoretical inadequacy of several particular theories of reference; it's not supposed to provide a general argument of the type sketched above (Anderson 1993; Douven 1999; Haukioja 2001).

Gregory Currie and Ian Ravenscroft (2002) contend that this difference arises because supposition involves belief-like imagining in the absence of desire-like imagining, whereas engaged imagining involves both, Similarly, Tyler Doggett and Andy Egan (2007) point out that vividly imagining tends to motivate actions in the context of pretense, while merely supposing tends not to.

(This is one of Rand's reasons for rejecting the idea of a divine creator as the cause of the universe; though it is a matter of dispute whether this objection works if such a creator is merely supposed to be responsible for the existence of everything other than itself).