Sentence examples for reason for knowing from inspiring English sources

To return to the examples given a moment ago, no fully rational agent is curious about the measurements of every grain of sand on a given beach, or the name of every person in a random phonebook i.e., no rational person wants to know these truths independently of having some prudential reason for knowing them.

There may not be any rational reason for knowing -- you just knew it was true.

There are a couple of good reasons for knowing the word huitlacoche.

One always gave good reasons for knowing what was in a container.

There are many good reasons for knowing your neighbors.

In his philosophical commitment to reason and revelation as joint grounds for knowing and living, Saadya creates a space for the interplay of faith, understanding, tradition, and law.

Likewise, literacy itself has been redefined as the acquisition of not just knowledge, but also understanding including reasons and evidence for knowing.

Like Senator Michael Bennet, who won Colorado's Democratic primary on Tuesday night, Mr. Malloy found no reason to apologize for knowing his way around government.

As Gallop pointed out, the Storm had no reason for not knowing the possible consequences.

But the longtime host of the radio program "This American Life" had a pretty fair reason for not knowing.

No one truly came out swinging when he said "Arab name, Arab name" as his reason for not knowing major players in Iraq, and Ben Carson even gave him a (albeit weak) high-five at one point.