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However, Zeleznikow-Johnston disagrees with that definition because he feels it is a “first person subjective definition” of consciousness, rather than one sufficiently detached to be ascertainable by a theoretical third party.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

First of all, Habba acts as if the wool was pulled over her eyes, but this fact was easily ascertainable through a quick Google search.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2024

Because the law defines neither “instruction” nor “human sexuality,” the complaint also contends, those terms “are impossibly vague and lack any ascertainable standards for determining whether or not the law has been violated.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

They seek to deny the existence of objective, ascertainable fact.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2017

We begin our list of ascertainable dates with B.C.        800.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)