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James believes this approach could help cognitive neuroscience uncover the mechanisms that give rise to what we describe as decision-making.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
But it adds that such language is "far too general to give rise to any directly enforceable rights in relation to inquests, civil proceedings or prosecutions".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“Preventing activity lest it give rise to tax evasion places no limit whatsoever on Congress’s power under the taxation clause,” Judge Edith Jones writes for the unanimous panel in McNutt v.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
There was no news, no public chit-chat, nothing that would give rise to such a big move, but there it was.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
We know they exist, however, because they do have a measurable effect: they give rise to forces between matter particles.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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