Literary notes about relevant (AI summary)
Across literary works, "relevant" functions as a tool for emphasizing significance, drawing clear boundaries between what matters and what does not. In philosophical and scientific writings, for instance, it delineates critical distinctions in reasoning or evidence, as seen when Bertrand Russell uses it to differentiate responses to stimuli and the role of supporting principles in logic [1, 2, 3]. In the realm of journalism and political critique, the term helps to underscore the necessity of trustworthy information and decisive details for informed debate [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, in fictional narratives, "relevant" is deployed to highlight character motivations or the import of particular actions, thereby guiding readers through complex thematic developments [7, 8, 9]. Overall, the word serves as an anchor in literary and academic contexts, ensuring that focus is maintained on facets deemed essential for interpretation and understanding [10, 11, 12].
- A good instrument, or a person with much knowledge, will give different responses to stimuli which differ in relevant ways.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - Whenever one thing which we believe is used to prove something else, which we consequently believe, this principle is relevant.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Thus classification by perspectives is relevant to psychology, and is essential in defining what we mean by one mind.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - All that the sharpest critics of democracy have alleged is true if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant news.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - it is not unimportant to ask what relevant information the airline had actually been able to provide which was not supplied to Mr Chippindale.
— from Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft DisasterC.A. 95/81 by New Zealand. Court of Appeal - The document went on with an offer—subject to the consent of the relevant officials—of a Jewish governorship and internal autonomy.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - It was relevant to do what he wanted—it was relevant to dish herself.
— from The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 - That’s why I have gone into all the details of this thing whether they seemed to me relevant or not.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - “And you’d inherit a good slice of money too, wouldn’t you?” “Really, Sir Ernest,” protested the judge, “these questions are not relevant.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - I give the reader the best personal estimate I can form after pondering the matter in the light of the available figures and other relevant data.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes - Of this, too, the rest is omitted, not being relevant to this subject.
— from Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens - The following analysis of German exports and imports, according to destination and origin, is also relevant.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes
