Sentence examples for searching for justification from inspiring English sources

In responding to a challenge presented to one's having an inferentially justified belief in P on the basis of E one might find oneself searching for justification to support the claim that E makes probable P, but that is only because in the context of the challenge one is trying to make good (i.e., justify) the claim that one has a justified belief.

But they won't have to search for justification for a change.

Similarly, we searched for justifications of the advice, claims, or inference (for example, "even after taking into account the effect of extra body weight on blood pressure, there was still a significant link with sweetened drinks").

EXNER: Now, you say in your diary that the Fuehrer was searching for a justification.

Although it may still go forward, officials said they were searching for a justification to postpone it, especially because a study is still under way into the fairness of federal death-penalty procedures.

When black men are the ones searching for that justification, it's especially mind-boggling and hurtful.

"It was common knowledge that commanders in the field used searching for Bergdahl as a justification for more aggressive tactics," the former Defense Department official says.

Yet the response from Republicans, at least initially, followed a familiar pattern: Approached for comment about Donald Trump Jr.'s email exchange and meeting, most senators declined to engage, expressed confusion about the questions or searched for plausible justifications for the conduct.

First, the price, $8, will predispose you to search desperately for justification.

(Ironically, the Times dispatched reporter Judith Miller to travel with a special military unit searching for Iraq's WMD, a false justification for the war that Miller and the Times had promoted).

Derivation of domains solely by statistical procedures (searching for explanatory factors) without serious theoretical justification does not in itself guarantee meaningfulness and therapeutic relevance [ 8- 10].