After testing nuclear weapons in 1998, Indian and Pakistani authorities embraced a doctrine of minimal, credible deterrence.
This minimal characterization of the doctrine suffices to define the two central questions neutral monism must answer.
Multiple incongruous analogies are given, the idea being that a minimal content of the doctrine is thereby expressed, though we remain unable to convert the non-literal claims to literal ones, and may even be unable to express in what respects the analogies do and don't fit.
But he overlooks the fact that conservative now refers to a specific set of doctrines, including minimal governmental economic regulation, restrictions on sexually explicit art, opposition to abortion, etc.
A commitment to just the core of the doctrine places only minimal constraints on the final shape of a fleshed out version of the theory.
Defenders of embodied cognition (most notably Noë and Thompson 2004; Noë, 2004; O'Regan and Noë, 2001; Thompson and Varela, 2001; Hurley, 1998;) advance several arguments to cast doubt on the matching-content doctrine and the minimal substrate thesis.
But his frequently stated belief in minimal government interference with the economy — the doctrine of laissez-faire — should not be taken as passive acceptance of the depredations of capitalism.
The Rumsfeld Doctrine merges high-tech firepower and special forces with minimal use of Army and Marine units.
"Mr. President, the administration's arguments just don't add up... .. "... this could well represent a disturbing change in our overall foreign and military policy... such a doctrine could trigger very dangerous actions with really very minimal justification".
Second, a clear understanding of these assumptions makes it possible to reveal the minimal core of neutral monism by subtracting them from the complex doctrines available in the literature.
