Sentence examples for some sort of inference from inspiring English sources

An independent, general argument against an intentional condition on rule guidance has been provided by Boghossian (2008, 493f): He argues that the relevant intentional state would be a state with general (prescriptive) content, and that acting under particular circumstances on an intentional state with general content always involves some sort of inference.

Instead, we will most likely want to hold out for some sort of inference or argument that moves from some sort of moral generalization (e.g., "lying is wrong") to an all-things-considered judgment about this particular instance of lying (which might gain justificatory support from other elements of the situation) (Lance and Little 2006, Little 2001).

If one believes that all semantic content is learned through observation of adult language use or that all mental content has to be acquired through some sort of inference to the best explanation, then the Manifestation and Acquisition Arguments look hard to resist: how could the language-learner so much as acquire let alone manifest the concept of verification-transcendent truth?

I don't even own a computer!" I felt slightly guilty, as if he thought I was making some sort of impertinent inference.

One might think of it as established by the conclusion of some sort of inductive inference from observations of many cases of death (the deaths of many others).

Had Hillary Clinton had some sort of athletic prowess, the inferences would hardly have been complimentary.

This sort of inference is called "fast-mapping" and is thought to be the skill that underlies human children's astonishing speed of language acquisition in early childhood.

Furthermore, the sort of inference admitted by the Nyaya, in which the major term is universally present, is rejected because nothing save brahman has this property according to the system.

Clearly, the same sort of inference holds from "black horses are horses" to "riding black horses is riding horses".

("Because": the fact that this sort of inference is possible in ethics is itself a revealing fact about the nature of ethics).

Thus far we have been considering internalism as a reason to accept non-cognitivism based on a sort of inference to the best explanation.