Whether this is a description of ventricular fibrillation is debatable.

Whether definite descriptions can be used rigidly or not, they can at least sometimes be used non-rigidly, but a proper name can only be used rigidly ; the asymmetry, Kripke argues, demonstrates that no definite description could give the meaning of a proper name — although it might be used to explain who a name refers to ( that is, to " fix the referent " of the name ).

Whether these description languages are the best possible for the job, and whether they will become / remain the favorites in the future, remain open questions.

Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

Whether in prose or poetry, all of Heidenstam's later work was concerned with Sweden.

Whether the Fathers, who died before Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, were justified and saved only by the blood which he shed, and the death which he suffered after his incarnation??

Whether the only price of our redemption were not the death of Christ on the cross, with the rest of his sufferings and obediences, in the time of his life here, after he was born of the Virgin Mary??

Whether this, or overt action, was the cause of the crash must be promptly determined.

Whether or not Wally lost his job was no concern of mine.

Whether this was a reflection of his age or of the fact that Christie was by now heartily sick of him it is difficult to assess.

Whether this was during one of Poirot ’ s numerous retirements or before she entered his employment is unknown.

Whether this was a wise policy or not, it caused the Roman legionaries to look down on their emperor as one who was prepared to commit unsoldierly conduct.

Whether the motion was due to an irregular distribution of the Earth's atmosphere, thus involving abnormal variations in the refractive index, was also investigated ; here, again, negative results were obtained.

Whether Bragi the god originally arose as a deified version of Bragi Boddason was much debated in the 19th century, especially by the German scholars Eugen Mogk and Sophus Bugge.

Whether this was an attempt to foster increasing unity by dissolving legal boundaries between communities, or to effect domination of the Turkish Cypriots by the majority Greek Cypriots, remains controversial.

Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness-the river flowing from the loch-rather than in Loch Ness itself.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

Whether this was a genuine attempt to reconcile with hostile factions in the Senate cannot be ascertained.

Whether it was Sidney next challenged Oxford to a duel or the other way around, Oxford did not take it further, and the Queen personally took Sidney to task for not recognizing the difference between his status and Oxford's.

Whether the rumour of Oxford's death was related to the illness mentioned in his letters earlier in the year is unknown.

Whether this similarity was intentional or accidental, it may explain why the plainer fashion of placing the stars in three parallel rows was preferred by many Americans over the quincuncial style.

Whether and how far the council was confirmed by Pope John VIII is also a matter of dispute: The council was held in the presence of papal legates, who approved of the proceedings, Roman Catholic historian Fr.

Whether the flag has its origins in a divine sign, a banner of a military order, an ecclesiastical banner, or perhaps something entirely different, Danish literature is no help before the early 15th century.

Whether this change was due entirely to the conquest is unclear, but the invasion and its after effects likely accelerated a process already underway.

Whether or not Time Lords can recognise each other across regenerations is not made entirely clear:

Whether or not the story is apocryphal, it would only demonstrate the mathematical equivalence of a rotating earth to rotating spheres, as was well known to Khayyam's immediate predecessors, e. g. al-Biruni, and says nothing about heliocentrism, as a spinning earth can be made entirely consistent with geocentric models.

Whether to continue treating it as a suborder is still a subject of some controversy, as is whether the name itself should be used at all, though three basic approaches ranging from abolishing it entirely to maintaining the taxonomy with a slight change in systematics are proposed, two of which ( but not the traditional one ) agree with the phylogeny.

Whether this development was influenced by the Assyrians, as Rubin postulates, or perhaps the Achaemenid Empire, or whether they occurred spontaneously and entirely unrelated to the advances in heavily armored cavalry made in the Ancient Near East, cannot be discerned by the archaeological records left by these mounted nomads.

Whether or not the formal independence of any of these states was ever officially recognised is not entirely clear.

Whether the Salticellinae and the group around Sepedon warrant recognition as additional subfamilies or are better included in the Sciomyzinae proper is likewise not yet entirely clear.

Whether a guild city went to war with another guild city was entirely up to the leaders.

Whether or not he was right, he did not entirely succeed in ending philosophical dispute.

Whether it must be directly heritable, or whether indirect inheritance ( e. g., learned behaviors ) is acceptable, is not entirely resolved.

Whether or not the Praefectus Vigilum had his headquarters in any of the stationes identified above or whether he had an entirely separate praefectura is not known.

Whether to admit an applicant to a course is entirely the decision of each individual university.

Whether such imperial peace is actually good or desirable is another question entirely.

Whether intentional or the upshot of a magical stunt gone wrongWilliams at the time being an ardent fire-eaterwas never entirely clear.

Whether introspection always fosters self-insight is not entirely clear.

Whether he devoted himself strictly to esoteric ( nei xue ) studies, edited the Baopuzi or any other of his earlier works, or even continued to write poetry, is entirely a matter of speculation.

Whether the changes were entirely effective is open to question, as the new TV Action lasted just 74 issues: only slightly longer than Countdown, which had run for 58 issues.

Whether Sleuth really is " The Avenger " is left open: the focus of the story is on the Buntings ' psychological terror, which may be entirely unfounded, rather than the actions of " The Avenger ".

Whether or not the interview was a factor was never explained publicly, but the week of June 20 – 24, Speed aired repeats of previous shows, then returned on June 27 with an entirely retooled NASCAR Nation.