10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLATITUDINOUS»
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platitudinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Conceptual Analysis and Philosophical Naturalism
It is a platitude of human physiology that one's nose is typically smaller than one's
foot (albeit that it is platitudinous in the ordinary as well as the technical sense):
but we need not suppose that this claim about noses and feet is distinctively ...
David Braddon-Mitchell, Robert Nola, 2009
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Truth and Speech Acts: Studies in the Philosophy of Language
Consequently, there is an apparently platitudinous tie (perhaps an analytic one)
between truth-aptness and belief: a sentence is truth-apt only if it can be used to
give the content of a belief. From a commonsensical point of view, this is just what
...
Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart, 2013
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A Quirky Eye: The Collected Works of William E. Woodruff Jr
The Collected Works of William E. Woodruff Jr William E. Woodruff. THOSE
PEOPLE WHO PERUSE OR HAVE PERUSED PURPURACEOUS
PLATITUDINOUS PRATITYASAMUTPADA PAMPHLETS PLUS THOSE PEOPLE
WHO NEVER ...
William E. Woodruff, 2008
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Neutrality and the Academic Ethic
Henry Aiken's gush of impassioned rhetoric has carried him from a position that
he himself suspects is "platitudinous" — the word is his — to one that will strike
others as positively mischievous in its absurdity. How is this remarkable feat ...
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Normativity and Norms: Critical Perspectives on Kelsenian Themes
norms, they cannot truthfully be called platitudinous. They are unlikely to have a
wide appeal. To believe in Kelsen's basic norm one must be able to assert: credo
quia incredibile. Everyone knows that the original constitution to which he ...
Stanley L. Paulson, Bonnie Litschewski Paulson, 1998
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CliffsNotes GRE General Test Cram Plan 2nd Edition
12. 13. 14. 15. platitudinous, eloquence Platitudinous means dull, trite, and
obvious, and eloquence means effective use oflanguage. The word even before
Blank 1 suggests that the word will be a more extreme form of morally
commonplace, ...
Jane R. Burstein, Catherine McMenamin, Carolyn Wheater, 2011
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From Truth to Reality: New Essays in Logic and Metaphysics
It is not clear to me whether Schiffer believes that the “essential truths” about
pleonastic entities are just platitudinous principles,52 and—if he believes so, in
what sense of “platitudinous”—for example, in the sense of being part of an
allegedly ...
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Reality, Representation, and Projection
So, I am suggesting, it is never wrong, in these circumstances, to endorse the
platitudinous expressions of the representative aspect of truth — so long as one
remembers that the connections are platitudinous, and that one succeeds in ...
John Haldane, Crispin Wright, 1993
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The Heretic's Guide to Best Practices: The Reality of ...
The great irony is that people continue to implement platitude-based projects
whilst being able to point out others' platitudinous initiatives rather easily. The
source of this bias seems to stem from the role one plays on a project. As a
project ...
Paul Culmsee, Kailash Awati, 2013
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Aspects of Christian Integrity
First, is it possible for a churcth body to formulate a non-platitudinous position on
an ethical issue? Here we stumble, in the wake of John C. Bennett, upon what
are variously known as intermediate norms or middle axioms. A middle axiom is
a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLATITUDINOUS»
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platitudinous is used in the context of the following news items.
The Coming of the Age of Gibberish
I am not sure what is more depressing/amusing: That the editor felt it necessary to add this platitudinous preface; Or that we live in a world ... «First Things, Jul 15»
Hey @TheIranDeal, I have some questions—actually, lots of them …
They were all pretty platitudinous, more or less, for example, “Why #IranDeal is a vital step: Problems like sponsoring terror or detaining citizens ... «J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service, Jul 15»
Why Roma Loan Move Could Make Sense for Wojciech Szczesny …
At the time, those were dismissed as platitudinous soundbites, but it seems there may have been real substance to Ospina's words. So what of ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
Underneath the Laughs, 'Trainwreck' Is Just Another Regressive …
But it's sharper than most of what Trainwreck has to offer; it trots out platitudinous notions about love, sex and gender with a bizarre lack of ... «In These Times, Jul 15»
Add more joules to the National Renewable Energy draft
On 'manufacturing and skill development' again the Act is platitudinous. It says the MNRE shall “create a facilitating framework with appropriate ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
Jamaica's success requires more than hard work and comparisons
National success requires more than platitudinous statements. It requires the deliberate inclusion of all the elements sufficient to stimulate ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
Gangs of the State: Police and the Hierarchy of Violence
... evidence) of Eric Garner's actual murder at the literal hands of an NYPD officer, de Blasio showed no "outrage", only platitudinous sentiment. «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
Where Libertarians Go Wrong in Foreign Policy
This is an ethical dilemma that should not be callously dismissed with platitudinous statements praising the virtues of trade. Here is where ... «PanAm Post, Jul 15»
Wael Shawky's Epic Films Will Completely Change How You See …
Epics are viewed as overwrought, platitudinous, clichéd, swollen with sincerity and melodrama, a form of eras gone by. Not by me: I love epics ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Spinsterhood vs. sisterhood
Of course, the alternative is the platitudinous college hook-up culture that places a premium on both partners' emotional complacency. «The Daily Pennsylvanian, Jul 15»
