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Its solution turned out to be, as Tashköprüzade was later to say, only a drop in the ocean of problems in ˜ilm al-wad˜; once one took the notion of Positing seriously, implementing it as a general explanation for the relation between expression and meaning turned out to be an immense project which carried on into the twentieth century (Weiss (1987), especially 341-345).
Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic Street, Tony 2008
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Positing fairies to explain an anomaly is not a valid scientific hypothesis.
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Positing fairies to explain an anomaly is not a valid scientific hypothesis.
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Positing convoluted epicycles to avoid this fact is not convincing.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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Zachriel: Positing fairies to explain an anomaly is not a valid scientific hypothesis.
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Positing fairies to explain an anomaly is not a valid scientific hypothesis.
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Positing convoluted epicycles to avoid this fact is not convincing.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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Positing that she interpreted what happened to Trafford as a quick round of "mock the non-expert outsider," her comments can read as preemptively tensed against what she thought was the inevitable attack, rather than as a deliberate attempt at provocation.
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Positing the need for civil disobedience and fearful of "surviving more of thesame", Mixner dramatically implored his blog's readers to rise up, fight back and remember that "Freedom, Liberty, Justice are not merewords".
David Kaufman: Marriage Equality and the Myth of "Gay Apartheid" 2009
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Positing that near-continuous constriction of bloodflow might have a net positive effect on circulation, warding off age-related kidney and heart problems, the scientists repeated the study with a full-body suit designed of Spanx material, worn 23.75 hours a day, with ¼ hour allowed for cleaning and waste elimination.
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