When a conclusion receives justification from multiple,
largely independent lines of investigation, the conclusion generally acquires far more justification than it would receive from any single line of investigation considered in isolation from the rest.
What the particular conclusions of empirical science draw their strength from consists for the most part in the multiple,
largely independent lines of empirical investigation.
In science there are a great many
largely independent lines of evidence and investigation, each of which are supported by a great many more.
There are actually multiple,
largely independent lines of reasoning, discussed in some detail in the IPCC TAR report, Chapter 3.
Not exact matches
The State Department's report
largely lines up with the analysis provided by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an
independent, bipartisan government commission, last month.
In the end, the bill passed
largely along party
lines, with 51 Democrats, 2
independents and 7 Republicans voting for it.