In the face of this proliferation of theoretical possibilities and the extreme unlikelihood of reaching some sort of societal consensus on the best interpretation of the best theory, James Rachels' (admittedly guarded) optimism about our ability to eventually develop an ethical theory, acceptable to all rational persons, as a basis for bioethics would appear to be misplaced (Rachels 1998).
But this requires any functional "theory" acceptable to analytic functionalists to include only generalizations about mental states, their environmental causes, and their joint effects on behavior that are so widely known and "platitudinous" as to count as analyzing our ordinary concepts of the mental states in question.
First, he modifies his earlier view that theories are acceptable solely on the basis of their successful predictive power; to this, he now adds that a theory cannot be accepted as satisfactory unless it is philosophically satisfying (Milne 1943, p. 120).
Comparing to the three-dimensional theory, the proposed higher-order theory is acceptable even in the case of thick multilayerd composite plates subjected to thermal loads.
One might note, however, that it is a theory for which there are no non-circular arguments, for the theory is acceptable only to those who are already convinced that there are no empty names, that all categorematic terms, including 'round square,'aetherer,', 'Pegasus,' etc. have the function of naming something, not only the function of being meaningful.
So if that theory is acceptable, then Schiffer's objection misfires.
This example made the Western theory more acceptable to the Chinese people.
Cosserat theory gives acceptable results in very large deformation (Cosserat and Cosserat 1909).
The results show that present theory gives acceptable estimates of the buckling load and vibration frequency.
Furthermore, the internal consistency, which is based on assumptions of classical test theory, was acceptable for this model (α = 0.79).
