A third way of looking at a hitter's indispensability is to look at the percentage of his team's runs he's driven in during the games he's played. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Tipping the balance of power] Reference
Much of the discussion in this area has focused on so-called indispensability arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation in Mathematics] Reference
It might shake up thesepeople who believe in their own natural born superiority and their "indispensability" in the schemeof things. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting Hugo Chavez] Reference
For variants of the Quinean indispensability argument see Maddy. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Such explanations give a new twist to the indispensability argument. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation in Mathematics] Reference
She stood there, beautiful, sure of her indispensability in David Rossi's life. From Wordnik.com. [Journey Into Love]
(See the entry on indispensability arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.). From Wordnik.com. [Platonism in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
This line of argumentation is called an indispensability argument (Colyvan 2001). From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
The doctrine of one man's indispensability is a new doctrine for the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Trail] Reference
As for indispensability, however, I do think we find ourselves at a critical juncture. From Wordnik.com. [John And Elizabeth Edwards: Don't Cry For Us, America] Reference
Yet indispensability does not automatically translate into either respect or affection. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not Been A Summer Of Fun] Reference
It is not clear how damaging the above criticisms are to the indispensability argument. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Each movement magnified its distinctness and indispensability for the progressive cause. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals’] Reference
Events since then both underscore the UN's indispensability, and highlight its limitations. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne Nossel: UN Debates While Lebanon Burns] Reference
Baker 2005 offers a version of the indispensability argument that does not depend on holism. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation in Mathematics] Reference
This argument is known as the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument for mathematical realism. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
MR. STERN: As I said a moment ago, our position is one of the indispensability of participation. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing On Climate Change] Reference
The relation between hermeneutic fictionalism and indispensability arguments is a bit more indirect. From Wordnik.com. [Fictionalism] Reference
The fate of any one general qualifies as small beer: Wearing four stars does not signify indispensability. From Wordnik.com. [Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance] Reference
He knew Davis wanted to impress him with client rapport and his indispensability to the security business. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Choice]
For future reference I'll state the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument in the following explicit form. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Still, the debate continues in terms of indispensability, so we would be well served to clarify this term. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Their indispensability protected them; they formed, in addition, probably the most intelligent group in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Natives of Space]
We featured articles that celebrate the multi-faceted ingenuity and indispensability of women in different fields. From Wordnik.com. [FRD���s launching of a KASC Project ���and battle of the sexes in KASC] Reference
Resistance to scientific platonism and the associated indispensability argument has been mounted on several fronts. From Wordnik.com. [Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Maddy presents some serious objections to the first premise of the indispensability argument (Maddy 1992; 1995; 1997). From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
It seems that the indispensability argument only justifies belief in enough mathematics to serve the needs of science. From Wordnik.com. [Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
That still gives room for what Karl Marx thought was the actual value of creativity, indispensability, talent and incentive. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Schaper: Practical Policies for Populist Economic Reform] Reference
But, importantly, programs that don't concoct some new argument or other for their continuing indispensability also tend to survive. From Wordnik.com. [When The Budget Is Colonized] Reference
It was immaterial how prominent the position of the Britisher, his wealth, or his indispensability to the concern with which he was identified. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
Just in proportion to the indispensability and frequency of use of any work should be the facility to the reader of availing himself of its aid. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
I think the other thing that's been apparent over the last several days is that what we have seen is really the indispensability of American leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry And Jim Steinberg] Reference
Wouldn't it be smarter for her to argue that this proves her department's indispensability -- this is what happens when the health inspectors are off the job?. From Wordnik.com. [Peace on Earth] Reference
Mr. Trollope sees no use of a ladies 'parlor; but Mr. Trollope would soon see its indispensability were he to travel as an unprotected female of limited means. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
He knows his indispensability; he knows that more than anything else the boss loathes the trouble of hiring an office boy; he knows -- oh! what does he not know?. From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
The services and knowledge revolutions seemed to demonstrate the indispensability of immigration as an efficient market-orientated answer to shortages of skilled labour. From Wordnik.com. [Immigrants and the Fallacy of Labour Scarcity] Reference
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