Sentence examples for reasoned belief from inspiring English sources

More specifically, it suggests that we can take persuasive impressions as evidence for the truth that is firm enough to warrant assent — thus allowing for a life guided by reasoned belief, and even ethical teaching — while simultaneously maintaining that even the most perfect rational consideration of the evidence is compatible with wholesale error.

The court-appointed guardian ad litem, Jay Wolfson, later wrote a report stating that Michael Schiavo's decision was "predicated on his reasoned belief that there was no longer any hope for Terri's recovery".

Beyond this there is a textual reason: belief in creation does less violence to scripture than belief in eternity.

The Critique of Practical Reason further develops Kant's practical argument for belief in God, freedom, and immortality, arguing that these things are postulates of pure practical reason, belief in which is theoretically permissible and practically necessary.

They are useful for exploring and clarify the underlying reasons, beliefs, values and concerns informing public debates about new and emerging science and technology (Calladine and Newson [2011]).

For there genuinely to be external reasons, he observes, it must be possible that some such external reasons beliefs are true.

From this understanding of the concept of a practical reason, Williams (on this interpretation) believes he can prove that all 'external reasons statements' are false by considering the special case of first personal reasons beliefs: an agent's beliefs about what considerations are reasons for himself.

Two reasons (beliefs) were given for this; i) contraceptives do not offer protection against STIs and HIV/AIDS; ii) contraceptives may adversely affect a young girls' ability to conceive in future.

Externalists often appeal to the parallels between practical reasons (reasons for action) and epistemic or theoretical reasons (or reasons for belief) to make their case against certain forms of internalism, particularly the Humean Theory of Reasons (Millgram 1996).

The Cartesian strategy adopts an unorthodox, revisionary understanding of reason for belief and reason for doubt.

But one might think that this cannot be the case: that reasons for belief and reasons for intention are fundamentally different in kind.