When challenged we appeal to evidence just as we do in the instance of straightforwardly factual claims, and we make logical inferences that conform to logical systems based on claims having truth-values.
But in perusing coverage of the male-dominated pro-gun Sandy Hook truthers (who believe the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was orchestrated by the U.S government), it is stunning to note how straightforwardly their claims were covered, and with no need to lump them under one sound bite-friendly derisive label.
claims straightforwardly that "probable things are truth-like" (probabilia … sunt verisimilia).[7] Other scholastic uses of these words suggest instead a mere relation of frequent mutual implication.
Firstly, he or she might simply and straightforwardly reject the claim that there is anything inherently wrong with effort-harnessing.
Some of these claims seem straightforwardly incorrect.
Rarely, however, have supporters of the NRA's position acknowledged the logical absurdity of the claim so straightforwardly.
This deal, an attempt to grab a third of the market, is straightforwardly anti-competitive; and the claim that cost-cutting Megabrew would improve choice for consumers is laughable.
The claim that this is, straightforwardly, a mistaken conception, reveals the point that eudaimonia is, avowedly, a moralized, or "value-laden" concept of happiness, something like "true" or "real" happiness or "the sort of happiness worth seeking or having".
Ned Temko, the paper's editor, added: "As the elected mayor of a city which he rhapsodically champions as a rich mix of ethnic, racial and religious interaction and tolerance, surely it would be appropriate to have simply, promptly, straightforwardly, apologised". The Evening Standard again rejected claims levelled at the paper.
There are certainly entailment relations between religious and non-religious claims, too: "Jesus died for my sins" straightforwardly entails "Jesus died".
