Sentences with phrase «persuaded by the evidence»

While it need not rise to the level of certainty — for we have all know that beliefs can change when we are presented with new evidence — faith is being fully persuaded by the evidence we now have.

Once they are persuaded by the evidence of their eyes, they will not follow those disturbing their ears with tell - tales and pompous self - projection as Ghana's saviours.

If you are not persuaded by the evidence I reviewed yesterday on the disconnect between achievement results and other outcomes, I suggest you read an excellent book written by Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman and his students called The Myth of Achievement Tests.

At this point in the debate, however, most would have been persuaded by evidence already if such persuasion were possible.

If they are persuadable and persuaded by evidence that their opinions are unsupported by the available evidence and / or are capable of critically examining evidence that appears to support their opinion and find fault with it, that tells me far more about someone than the place he or she starts out / happens to currently stand in terms of «accepting» anthropogenic climate change.

Given capacity constraints and past shippments, I don't think your figures are reasonable, but I am always open to be persuaded by evidence to the contrary.

Even in the absence of any objective symptoms, the court can be and often is persuaded by the evidence of the plaintiff.

However, the LSB said in November that it was «not persuaded by the evidence put forward».

Not exact matches

I show that faith doesn't actually allow for blind leaps, but instead, our beliefs change as we are persuaded and convinced by the evidence presented to us.

The key to its success has been the feminist recognition that, while any set of outside motives can be brought to a discipline, it can only persuade by following the canons of logic, evidence and argument that obtain within the discipline.

When you are persuaded that something is true, either because God has said it, or by the supporting evidence, then you have faith in that truth.

We might be disappointed if an atheist becomes religious, and we may start by asking why, and what evidence persuaded them.

If the bland and inconsequential evidence submitted by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE) to the select committee sends any kind of signal, it will take more than advisory guidance to persuade those at the top in many councils to see the potential benefits.

«That the Syracuse defendants needed to be persuaded by the former mayor of Syracuse to even get involved in a project that required state funding and bureaucratic red tape, and that they took on the Inner Harbor project not simply to generate revenue but to create jobs and stimulate the area's economy, go to the heart of their dealings with Howe - whom the evidence will show took criminal advantage of their naivete.»

«But when the Lord Jesus Christ met me, He persuaded me by showing me clearly that there is such a thing as the evidence of things that are not seen.

It took another 40 years before his colleagues grudgingly began embracing the idea, persuaded by new evidence that rotating galaxies would fly apart without the stabilizing gravitational attraction of dark matter.

Most judges and juries are not persuaded by neurobiological evidence used to argue that a defendant was not fully responsible for his or her actions, as in Gunther's case, the analysis found.

This transition, from relying upon sympathetic visionaries to persuading skeptical pragmatists with convincing evidence, was dubbed «crossing the chasm» by Geoffrey Moore:

As a charter authorizer myself, I can say that we are eager to be persuaded by such evidence.

But over time, I was persuaded by accumulating evidence that the latest reforms were not likely to live up to their promise.

They also expressed concern some schools were being persuaded by the appeal of a sales pitch to use various so - called neuroscience based teaching methods or products which had not been rigorously and scientifically tested and for which there was no peer - reviewed evidence they helped raise academic achievement.

The most considerable difference is that argument should present a claim supported by reasoning and evidence which persuades your reader that the thesis of your essay writing is a valid one.

I imagine very few will be taking HAHF up on the offer, though — persuaded by what appears to be overwhelming evidence.

As editors, we had no business being persuaded by mountains of evidence.

We have a right to be persuaded by arguments that are sound and evidence that is convincing.

«This means that readers were not persuaded by powerful formulations which described scientific evidence as very certain, but seemed to be skeptical when information was presented as too simple.»

Delegates were persuaded to reject Tanzania's proposals by evidence presented during the meeting that challenged Tanzania's elephant management and law enforcement capabilities to control elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade.

A request for a second examination must be supported by sufficient evidence to persuade a court of the need for the further examination.

A particular argument may, for example, have a relatively small chance of being successful but, so long as it can sensibly be argued and it is supported by evidence, the Party Representative is able to seek to persuade the tribunal that it should be accepted.

The Court of Appeal was not persuaded that the fresh evidence sought to be tendered on appeal by the appellant, if admitted at trial, would have yielded a different outcome.

After reviewing the evidence, Joshua was able to persuade the Crown Attorney that the allegations were false by demonstrating the inconsistencies in her statements and how it didn't line up with other evidence.

We are persuaded that the better rule is that the employer must make this showing by a preponderance of the evidence.