Sentence examples for seeks to refute from inspiring English sources

For instance, Mr. Sullivan seeks to refute the popular notion that the singer had troubling relationships with young boys.

Like Frege, Husserl ultimately seeks to refute psychologism by linking it closely to broader and (at the time) disreputable philosophical positions.

The Question of Emigration The final point of the Open Letter, i.e., point 24, seeks to refute the Da'esh call for emigration or hijrah of Muslims from wherever they are to the land Da'esh controls.

More specifically, it is not clear whether Strawson views Hume as one of the "optimists" whom he seeks to refute or as a naturalistic ally from whom he is drawing his own arguments and strategy.

I find these turgid tomes no more convincing than the ones that they seek to refute.

Many academics and journalists dismiss the legend as Soviet-era propaganda and have sought to refute it.

Loos developed his ideas in tandem with Ludwig Wittgenstein, the brilliant philosopher who sought to refute all philosophical systems.

In 2008, he published a book entitled An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming, which provoked reaction – not least among the scientists he sought to refute.

He could have embraced the recommendations of the 2005 grand jury report and removed the accused priests, Mr. McKiernan said, but instead, he sought to refute the report.

The administration was seeking to refute the notion that he was treated differently from any other terrorism suspects since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

At first a Methodist, Murray sought to refute the Welsh minister James Relly's unorthodox teaching that Jesus Christ's suffering and crucifixion brought salvation for all humanity.