Sentence examples for theoretical roles from inspiring English sources

Tells about the part rockets have played in wars of the last 150 years theoretical roles for rockets in wars.

Why shouldn't we allow that there are other theoretical roles for existing things to perform?

States of affairs and thoughts have distinct individuation and existence conditions and play different theoretical roles.

What are the properties involved in spelling out these causal or theoretical roles?

Properties are entities that are meant to play different theoretical roles.

Another nominalist option is to deny that there are propositions and any entities that play their theoretical roles.

But the theoretical role of these terms is clearly different from that of semantic meaning.

Subsequent theorists have discerned a theoretical role unifying several distinct functions (cf. Kripke 1980, 59; Burge 1977, 356).

Some may see this application of the notion of grounding as the primary theoretical role it's supposed to play.

The theoretical role of the gastrocnemius and hamstring muscles in abetting flexion deformity and extensor weakness is suggested.

The place of commonsense impartiality in our ordinary ethical thought is utterly different from the theoretical role of utilitarianism's notion of impartiality.