All 11 Uses of
determine
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- "Nobody," he said, "who has really gone into the matter will deny that in practice the world of phenomena uniquely determines the theoretical system, in spite of the fact that there is no theoretical bridge between phenomena and their theoretical principles."†
Part 2determines = controls (how something will turn out)
- He isn't following any set of written instructions because the nature of the material at hand determines his thoughts and motions, which simultaneously change the nature of the material at hand.†
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- This time I was determined not to say a word, and when my wife urged me to go over and help him I shook my head.†
Part 1
- Hume had previously submitted that if one follows the strictest rules of logical induction and deduction from experience to determine the true nature of the world, one must arrive at certain conclusions.†
Part 2
- So what Newton did was say, in effect, 'We're going to presume there's such a thing as instantaneous change, and see if we can find ways of determining what it is in various applications.'†
Part 2
- The reality of your own nature should determine the speed.†
Part 3
- No more wonderful critical schools of experts to determine rationally where each composer had succeeded or failed.†
Part 3
- Classroom popularity contests could determine whether a composition had immediate appeal, all right, but was this Quality?†
Part 3
- Thus it is that the postulates can remain rigorously true even though the experimental laws that have determined their adoption are only approximative.†
Part 3
- Back on our trip out of Miles City you'll remember I talked about how formal scientific method could be applied to the repair of a motorcycle through the study of chains of cause and effect and the application of experimental method to determine these chains.†
Part 3
- But in his attempt to unite the Good and the True by making the Good the highest Idea of all, Plato is nevertheless usurping areté's place with dialectically determined truth.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(determined as in: is determined to succeed) firm in purpose
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(2)
(determine as in: determined she is guilty) to learn, discover, or decide
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(3)
(determine as in: this game determines the champion) to control (how something will turn out)
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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