It may have been that Russell was interested not so much in establishing definitively that there are any absolutely simple entities, but rather in combating the widespread arguments of others that the notion of a simple, independent entity is incoherent, and only the whole of the universe is fundamentally real.
The proposed constitution prompted widespread debate and arguments addressing the benefits and risks of federalism versus confederal arrangements, leading eventually to the Constitution that took effect in 1789.
If such discrimination is widespread, any argument made for faith schools because of the better academic results they achieve could be seen to be entirely wrong-headed if their philosophy leads to dangerous future flashpoints of exclusivity, prejudice and - the worse case scenario - violent extremism.
So has Tyson, a fact underscored by his ability to spark a widespread cyber-argument last month simply by tweeting that the BB-8 robot in the new Star Wars movie would have skidded on the sand.
Gun ownership is also more widespread". Indeed, one argument Mordaunt set out for Brexit was that her boss, David Cameron, could not veto Turkey's membership (a claim, to be fair, that the PM retorted was nonsense).
"The court didn't go along with a quite widespread attitude, and an argument of the defense, that women in this line of business, women who are not virgins, deserve what they get," said Zhang Rongli, a professor of law at the China Women's University.
This seems to be the implicit argument behind widespread hostility to public assistance for single mothers.
It's an appealing argument, and widespread, but it's simplistic and obtuse.
The present article aims to test empirically a widespread, yet under-researched argument, according to which, different innovative types may be associated with different development patterns and performance outcomes.
