ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAUSIBLE
From Latin plausibilis worthy of applause, from plaudere to applaud.
10 QUOTES WITH «PLAUSIBLE»
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plausible.
Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing.
Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.
All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of the majority.
If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.
I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.
The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging.
What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible.
In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin with tiny, highly plausible twists of fate that lead to hugely consequential shifts in history.
First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAUSIBLE»
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plausible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
plausible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of ...
The book can also be used as an excellent text for graduate-level courses in AI, operations research, or applied probability.
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Plausible Worlds: Possibility and Understanding in History ...
Examples through history used to examine the role of possible worlds in explanation and practical judgements.
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Mathematics and
Plausible Reasoning: Patterns of
plausible ...
" Marked by G. Polya's simple, energetic prose and use of clever examples from a wide range of human activities, this two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in ...
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Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology
'A Plausible God' evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers - Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner and Arthur Green - and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods.
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Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation
Distinguishing it from a quarrel which is contentious outlines the concept of an argument in normal dialogue as a collaborative tool that can be used well or poorly to reach an agreement or understanding.
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Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination ...
The explosive book that spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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The Quest for the
Plausible Jesus: The Question of Criteria
This book is a cooperative project between Dagmar Winter and Gerd Theissen and represents the fruit of many years of their research on the historical Jesus.
Gerd Theissen, Dagmar Winter, 2002
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Plausible Prejudice: Everyday Experiences and Social Images ...
She argues that social actors construct racial and national boundaries by drawing on everyday-life experiences. This is how racial prejudice can become 'plausible prejudice?'.
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Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of ...
First published in 1997, this fast-paced book discusses the common and not-so-common time-travel devices science fiction writers have used over the years, assesses which would theoretically work and which would not, and provides scientific ...
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Plausible Neural Networks for Biological Modelling
This book has the unique intention of returning the mathematical tools of neural networks to the biological realm of the nervous system, where they originated a few decades ago.
H.A. Mastebroek, Johan E. Vos, 2001
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAUSIBLE»
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plausible is used in the context of the following news items.
Digital transformation provides 'most plausible response' to austerity …
Digital transformation and services provides the 'most plausible response' to austerity, as local and central government faces further significant ... «Digital By Default News, Jul 15»
5 thoughts on Huckabee's appallingly offensive "oven door …
So it seems plausible that this isn't just a cynical ploy to take the most anti-Obama position possible. Rather, it may be that Huckabee, for all his ... «Vox, Jul 15»
Oil price: why it could stay lower for longer
Bloomberg analysis suggests precedents from the re-entry of Venezuela and Libya into the market suggest Iranian estimates are very plausible ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
Tiny, but still densest known galaxies
This is plausible because the known UCDs are found near massive galaxies that could have done the stripping. The video below shows how ... «EarthSky, Jul 15»
Hillary Clinton is calling for a 700% increase in solar power. Is that …
(Hillary Clinton campaign). Is that plausible? US solar capacity grew 418 percent between 2010 and 2014 (it was starting from a small base). «Vox, Jul 15»
What to Take from New Details of Nick Saban's Flirtation with Texas
What transpired next is a blueprint in coaching search "ethics" and a lesson in how to create plausible deniability for coaches who don't want it ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
Former Toronto city hall lobbyist Jeff Lyons dead at 75
Bellamy concluded it was “plausible” Lyons tried to solicit the fee on behalf of himself and/or Tom Jakobek, then the city budget chief. The OPP ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
Fed staff error reveals “potential” output is mostly nonsense
If so, is it plausible “potential” growth could rebound just as quickly? The underlying forces that are supposed to affect this theoretical concept ... «FT Alphaville, Jul 15»
Junior Galette denies going on anti-Saints Twitter rant
His denial would've been more plausible if it had not been issued via twitter. saintsfan1111 says: Jul 27, 2015 1:14 PM. He's stage 4 cancer. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
Human rights cost lots of money
For those seeking to make a profit out of prisons, the challenge is, therefore, to present the State with a plausible plan for upholding the ... «The Press, Jul 15»
