Sentence examples for pair of worlds from inspiring English sources

This pair of worlds shows that A does not strongly supervene on B. And the principle of isolation cannot be applied to generate a counterexample to global supervenience.

The propositional concept corresponding to this statement will yield the truth for any pair of worlds w, w′ such that there is an x that is referred to as 'that man' in w, and x is sitting in w′.

A closely related argument holds that we can conceive of a pair of worlds in which some pair of spheres has been replaced by some other pair of spheres.

The intension of (5) is the function that assigns the true to a pair of worlds

Before receiving the hard information that the soda is for you, the waiter's knowledge-base is modelled by a pair of worlds (hereafter information states) x and y such that in x you ordered the soda and your friend the espresso, and in y you ordered the espresso and your friend the soda.

Paull and Sider appeal to a plausible principle to show that the existence of Petrie's w1 and w2 entail the existence of a pair of worlds that constitutes a counterexample to the global supervenience of A-properties on B-properties (1992, 838).

Roger, the best of the brothers, won a pair of world titles.

"So I guess we're gonna be roomies!" she says brightly to a pair of world-weary sex workers.

One of his "relics" is a pair of World War I cavalry boots, referring to an imaginary soldier who has experienced every war in United States history.

Having won a pair of World Cups and the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, the Americans had changed the way women's sports were viewed.

(In its maniacal attention to detail, "Life and Times" is clearly the work of a pair of world-class obsessive-compulsives).