Sentences with phrase «thought unanswerable»

I will answer the question most people thought unanswerable.

... In spite of difficulties I am inclined to think it unanswerable.»

Not exact matches

But it is important to distinguish between constructive systems of thought which involve assumptions that allow one to increase one's understanding of the world and his situation in it, versus assumptions which simply lead to more unanswerable questions.

Those who do not think Jesus existed are frequently militant in their views and remarkably adept at countering evidence that to the rest of the civilized world seems compelling and even unanswerable.

He just thinks he's posed the unanswerable question.

The questions whether Church is primarily institution or primarily community, or whether one of these is prior, are as unanswerable as similar questions about thought and language.

I was furious at this rejection (as I later told him) because it seemed that the objection was one of principle rather than of fact or interpretation, and so was unanswerable: there could be, Ford thought, no demonstrable connection between Whitehead (and Hartshorne) and Hegel.

How in the world is it «unanswerable» just because it happens in the future??? By that logic, I bet you think the pros and consequences of Brexit are also off - limit, because «that's in the future»?

As blood surges in my head to locales associated with religious belief, I'm thinking that this question, for me, may be unanswerable.

Students, she believes, are being cheated of the chance to think a question over before answering, to ponder dilemmas in depth, even to realize that some questions are unanswerable.

These might be thought of as unanswerable questions, but by looking at key historical figures and exploring the private world of abstract artists today, Collings shows that there are, in fact, answers.

The second question, which may also be unanswerable, but I think is answerable, with enough study, is, will doubling the amount of carbon dioxide etc. in the atmosphere cause x amount of warming, or more, or less?

Arguably, one is unanswerable, as I think you already brought up.

So I think your litmus test is pretty unanswerable — I don't know my answer to it, because I can't understand the question!

While this Austinian canard might have seemed attractive, I would have thought that Herbert Hart's critique was unanswerable and that the day to day experience of Slaw readers would show that this just isn't so.