The projectors are plain matter-of-fact-men, but are already, I believe, aware of the blunder which they have committed in naming it 'Tarrytown' instead of 'Sleepy Hollow Cemeteryy.
And that presupposition, in turn, is not entailed by any claims concerned solely with plain matters of fact.
But at least part of Hume's concern seems to have been that no set of claims about plain matters of fact ('is' claims) entail any evaluative claims ('ought' claims).
That is, he seems to have thought, that one can infer the latter from the former only if, in addition to premises concerning plain matters of fact, one has on hand as well at least one evaluative premise.
The nation is the world's largest producer of corn and is also among the biggest cattle producers, so what happens across the Midwest and Great Plains matters to everyone.
But Kalanithi writes very well, in a plain and matter-of-fact way, without a trace of self-pity, and you are immediately gripped and carried along.
Plain speech matters because when we speak clearly we are more likely to speak truth than when we retreat into slogan and euphemism; avoiding euphemism takes courage because it almost always points plainly to responsibility.
But once seated, we enjoyed accomplished, distinctive Japanese food at strikingly reasonable prices in a second-floor hideaway that's not quite as plain and matter-of-fact as many restaurants with a similar focus.
Morgan and Anissa responses are plain, distanced, matter-of-fact and seematter-of-fact andorse.
And with her plain-spoken, matter-of-fact manner, Mrs. Robinson helps keep the girls grounded amid the gilded trappings of their new lives.
It feels like an achievement, emptiness Reorganized to make the matter plain.
