Sentence examples for philosophical standpoints from inspiring English sources

However, the technical side of logical problems decided about investigations and sometimes forced changes in philosophical standpoints.

This entry will survey the central philosophical standpoints on the nature of measurement, the notion of measurable quantity and related epistemological issues.

This paper demonstrates that disruptive relationships owing to demands of stakeholders, contractual arrangements and differing philosophical standpoints impeded and delayed processes, while also leading to the formation of alliances, and conversely, friction between other parties.

Although originally intended to synthesise ethnographic studies, Noblit and Hare stated that the approach could be used to synthesise interpretive qualitative studies and it has since been used to synthesise qualitative studies from a range of philosophical standpoints that have used a range of data collection techniques [ 5, 16].

Diderot's philosophical standpoint in this work is ambivalent, as is his ethical standpoint in Le Neveu de Rameau.

From a philosophical standpoint I, an air-conditioning junkie, can't tell someone they can't have it".

With the abandonment of the ether hypothesis, there has been a reversion to a philosophical standpoint reluctantly espoused by Newton.

But those are a couple of books that I think, from a philosophical standpoint, I think 'The Fountainhead' is my favorite book".

"The secretary is inclined to approve General Craddock's request to delay the redeployment of the brigades, less from a philosophical standpoint than from a practical standpoint," said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary.

Roger Penrose in the Financial Times believed the abstruse subject matter to be "made accessible to general readers via apposite analogies" but proceeded to throw complicated doubt on Hawking's "strange-sounding philosophical standpoint of theory-dependent realism".

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, another Republican opposed to the health care law, said, "From a philosophical standpoint, I prefer state-run over federal on any day on any subject".