Sentence examples similar to specifying a world from inspiring English sources
In relativistic physics specifying a world-line fixes a frame of reference for attributions of simultaneity to events regardless of whether any temporal measurements are being made or contemplated.
The influence of certain powerful fan blocs can be traced in Condition 32, the so-called "humanitarian clause," which specifies a World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox no later than the year 2005, regardless of their finish in the regular season's standings.
Williams's Materialism is thus one which can accept whatever physical theory posits as the most plausible foundation for the natural sciences, provided that it specifies a world which develops according to natural law, without any teleological (final) causes.
The advantage of a centered world is that a quantum phenomenon in a distant galaxy does not split it, while the advantage of the definition presented here is that we can consider a world without specifying a center, and in particular our usual language is just as useful for describing worlds that existed at times when there were no sentient beings.
Whereas a(n) (uncentered) possible world completely specifies a way the world might be, a centered possible world additionally specifies who one is when in a given (uncentered) possible world.
Zoroaster never specified a date for the world's end.
They specify a proposition about the world, which either has truth value or has conditions under which it would be true; and they also specify some relationship between the person and the proposition.
Similarly, Grandy (1974) pointed out that by identifying the meaning of a word such as 'wise' as a function from possible worlds to the sets of wise people in those worlds, Montague semantics only specifies a formal structure and eludes the question of whether there is some possible description for the functions which are claimed to be the meanings of words.
It does not specify a figure.
The agreement also specifies a breakup fee.
