How To Use Presuppose In A Sentence

Their ability to conduct surprise raids presupposed close familiarity with currents, beaches, and locations of population centres.
The application of the concept following a rule presupposes a custom.
A scientist never presupposes the truth of an unproved fact.
This argument presupposes a consensus on the nature of the international crimes we have just questioned.
In this paper, I will try to show that these contributions fail to articulate an adequate concept of embodied personhood for anthropology because they presuppose impoverished notions of semiosis and language.

If we say that science is organised knowledge, we are met by the truth that all knowledge is organised in a greater or less degree -- that the commonest actions of the household and the field presuppose facts colligated, inferences drawn, results expected; and that the general success of these actions proves the data by which they were guided to have been correctly put together. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library
Nonetheless, such schemas hide the inherent processual nature of identity construction and belie the power of consumption practices to contextualize ethnicity-to presuppose, recreate, or to forge anew.
Its constitutive power can never be thought of in historical terms because it presupposes moving out of the structures that define an historical condition.
Mental predicates therefore presuppose the mentality that creates them: mentality cannot consist simply in the applicability of the predicates themselves.
It is not only biology, but cosmology, physics and astronomy that presuppose a general evolutionary account of the cosmos.
Such an argument presupposes that the owner operates hands-off.
This scenario presupposes that among all possible RNA sequences, there exist RNA replicase ribozymes, capable of synthesizing RNA using the information in an RNA template. Good Math, Bad Math, and David Berlinkski - The Panda's Thumb
The sense in which the existence of something answering to a definite description used for the purpose of identifying reference, and its distinguishability by an audience from anything else, is presupposed and not asserted in an utterance containing such an expression, so used, stands absolutely firm, whether or not one opts for the view that radical failure of the presupposition would deprive the statement of a truth-value. Peter Frederick Strawson
But the concept of an illusion presupposes a consciousness to be "illuded. May 6th, 2009
It presupposes that they just can't help it and that being black means having some kind of skewered morality. Latest Articles
He is a clever guy, positing that the fact that one thinks presupposes that one surely has a mind, but the existence of one's body is uncertain, because even a disembodied consciousness can imagine a physical form.
It therefore presupposes a principle which should govern its activities.
It presupposes the false theory that the size of small light sources is accurately gauged by the naked eye.
The guidelines for human behavior that have their source in the Bible presuppose universal applicability.
Threatening them to be dumped from their trip if they get blotto presupposes their hearts can't be touched. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Rebirthing Birthright
It also presupposes the possibility of meaningful references to different topics of discourse.
True kindness presupposes sympathy.
What's happened is a disaster all right, but to say that it's a failure presupposes that the plan was to use all available civil and military forces to deliver relief, and that this plan failed.
The embrace of ethnic origin presupposes a source culture eager to be embraced, or one that is malleable enough for the author's fancy.
An objective criterion is a typically social construct and presupposes a degree of inter-subjective understanding and cooperation.
He needs to know that this trial presupposes certain immutable facts that conform to sense and reason and accord with perfect justice.
The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.
Rowbotham accepts without criticism Horney's reduction of the unconscious to basic needs, which presupposes a psychological subject of those needs.
Rowbotham accepts without criticism Horney's reduction of the unconscious to basic needs, which presupposes a psychological subject of those needs.
Rather, the coherence of set theory is presupposed by much of the foundational activity in contemporary mathematics.
The traditional doctrine of the fall presupposed an original state of innocence for the human race.
Their proposal presupposes that the members of this set, i.e., laryngeals, pharyngeals, uvulars and velars, should have in common certain physical basis.
The following discussion presupposes a non-rhotic dialect of English, that is, a dialect in which r can only occur in syllable-onset position.
He presupposes that personal liberation, however delightful, is not good enough for the public weal.
This argument presupposes that rational individuals either cannot, or do not, act in their own best interests.
They presuppose that students are sophisticated enough to look at a novel as an object in a given time and place, filled with all settings and vagaries of the particular time frame in which the novel occurs.
civilization presupposes respect for the law
We do not, of course, presuppose that nowhere ever is there a failure of, say, vision.
It produces a sense of “flow,” of “unresistant receptivity,” because at low focus, the thought-stream is literally out of control: control presupposes at least some degree of choosing, that is, of focus. The Muse in the Machine
MacLeay's view of natural relationships presupposed that the living world is constructed according to a rational plan.
This key premiss about justifiable inequalities is nowhere defended but only presupposed. The Times Literary Supplement
Radical elite theory's machine model presupposes that both party and state organizations are effectively controlled by socially dominant elites.
Loop as movement presupposes joint rotation between here and there, up and down, edge and center.
All these plans presuppose that the bank will be willing to lend us the money.
All these plans presuppose that the bank will be willing to lend us the money.
Such an argument would have to presuppose that there is somehow something wrong with being gay.
Let us presuppose that he wins the game.
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving. Ayn Rand
The thing about questions like this is that they presuppose an adversarial relationship with clients, and that's so not the case with me.
Nevertheless, our very procedure, in deriving therefrom a lawlike description of the infinite modes, presupposes the possibility of a deductive science.
Sextus does not challenge the possibility of admonitive signs; they presuppose no necessary connection between sign and thing signified, and they are adequate to account for the connections that we establish between things in everyday activities (AM SKEPTICISM IN ANTIQUITY
I wonder whether the widely-presupposed centrality of snow in Inuit culture might be just as exaggerated as the widely-asserted numerousness of their snow words.
But, of course, it does not presuppose that all speakers understand the word this way, only that they can if they think about it in a certain (fairly common) way.
The equality of human beings does not presuppose, however, biological equality.
The forms of vicinal location thus far considered presuppose a compact or continuous distribution, such as characterizes the more fertile and populous areas of the earth. Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography
Democracy presupposes independent political parties and an electorate willing to debate issues and vote accordingly.
There is important attention given to Christ's knowledge, both beatific and infused, as necessarily presupposed for his work of salvation.
Without struggle there can be no progress, and struggle presupposes winners and losers.
It presupposes that if you become an inspector or a sergeant, you ought to become a good manager.
In other words, philosophical debate may presuppose a rejection of taqlid rather than bringing it about. The Times Literary Supplement
I still sense that Aster’s implied higher level principles presuppose some kind of organicism here — not that she personally accepts them. Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving. Ayn Rand
The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
But every inductive argument that proves its conclusion presupposes the truth of the law of causation.
Investigative journalism presupposes some level of investigation.
The system presupposed the static unalterable order of nature that appealed to mathematicians like Isaac Newton.
The term metamorphosis includes both of these processes; and in the normal condition of the system presupposes a perfect equilibrium between them. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
He presupposes that personal liberation, however delightful, is not good enough for the public weal.
So Hegel's objection to the organon theory of knowledge presupposes just what this theory calls in question: the possibility of absolute knowledge.
How can we at the same time be dutiful and unjust, since duty presupposes justice - indeed duty is justice itself, in the form of requirement and obligation.
But individuality and distinctiveness presuppose coherence and unity: without them, nothing can stand on its own as an object either of admiration or contempt.
Investigative journalism presupposes some level of investigation.
Rather, its impact is felt through people's concern with a constellation of ideas which are linked by the fact that they are presupposed by social Darwinism.
An interpretation of scripture is presupposed in which all verses must comport with one another.
At the same time, to adopt such a course must surely be to presuppose that there is a genuine issue regarding the reality of what is thus accepted.
Investigative journalism presupposes some level of investigation.
Needless to say, a consumer boom predicated on mortgage refinancing presupposes an ongoing ability to service one's mortgage.
He thinks democracy requires judges to reject any interpretation the framers would have rejected; but "reasonable people" disagree with that view of democracy as much as about any view of liberty, and if the controversiality of liberty disqualifies any constitutional theory that presupposes one view of it, Rees's own theory is disqualified in the same way. Reagan's Justice: An Exchange
Metaphorical extension does, however, presuppose the recognition of similarities, or correspondences, between the source and the target domains.
This objection presupposes that group differences imply essential conflicts of interest.
It is denominated efficient on account of the term produced by its action, i.e. the effect itself, and not necessarily from any presupposed material principle which it is conceived as potent to transform. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
Admiration for a great man and his important work does not presuppose uncritical acceptance of all his views.
The maxim in English law presupposes a tortious act by the defendant.
All these plans presuppose that the bank will be willing to lend us the money.
This, of course, presupposes that free will exists.
In the part of the Missal containing the Order of Mass, the section titled Ordo Missae sine populo in the 1970/75 editions, now called Ordo Missae, cuius unus tantum minister participat in the 2002 edition, presuppose one server. On "Private" Masses
If, now, we presuppose absorption or even imbibition on the part of the skin, a swelling of the nerve-ends is comprehensible, as the imbibed fluid reaches them. The Electric Bath
Social value presupposes the public dissemination of research results.
This presupposed that virtually all human behaviour was the result of social conditioning.
An objective criterion is a typically social construct and presupposes a degree of inter-subjective understanding and cooperation.
This claim is anachronistic in that it presupposes Aristotle's own novel view that a complete explanation must encompass four factors: what he called the formal, material, efficient, and final causes. Presocratic Philosophy
This is because knowledge and direct perception predicates are factive, in that they presuppose the truth of their complements.
In turn, this presupposes treating the other as a person, as, at least partly, a rational being.
Your argument seems to presuppose that it does.
It would have been more of a surprise had an external candidate been parachuted in - this is a job that presupposes a certain measure of internal continuity.
Protest, however, also presupposed the possibility of improving one's condition by exerting pressure.
The latter view presupposes at least some measure of commensurability. Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Value
The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.
What is presupposed in this sense is not asserted by the speaker but is nevertheless understood by the hearer.
As emphasized above, Berkeley's campaign against matter, as he presents it in the Principles, is directed against materialist representationalism and presupposes representationalism.
The most brilliant societies and civilizations, however, presuppose within their own borders cultures and societies of a more elementary kind.
The problem seems to be that the supervenience definition of physicalism in effect presupposes something like Hume's dictum, in that it uses failure of necessitation as a test for distinctness. Physicalism
He should also presuppose that the rooms were bugged, avoid inquisitive strangers, and keep the true purpose of his visit to himself. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
What this presupposes, of course, is that men and women are subject to different moralities.
Of course, higher cash compensation also presupposes that these companies have prosperous, growing businesses.
Catholic morals therefore require faith in revealed truths, of which they are but deductions, logical conclusions; they presuppose, in their observance, the grace of God; and call for a certain strenuosity of life without which nothing meritorious can be effected. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
It is no longer a secret that every communal atrocity, every instance of corruption and oppression, presupposes political protection and patronage.
Therefore, its operation in these markets presupposes an institutional framework that makes this operation possible.
We cannot presuppose the truth of his statements.
In his analysis of the Liar paradox, Russell assumed that there exists a true entity ” the proposition ” that is presupposed by a genuine statement (e.g., when I say that Socrates is mortal, there is a fact corresponding to my assertion and it is this fact that is called ˜proposition™). Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic
Genuine democracy presupposes that broad layers of the population can satisfy their elementary interests not only in a formal sense but in real life.
They may indeed show that one can construct Frankfurt-type examples that explicitly presuppose indeterminism in which there are no alternative possibilities.
This presupposes a reasonably developed infrastructure and thus a system less unwieldy than that of the United Nations.
Now it was our duty to promote the highest good; and it is not merely our privilege but a necessity connected with duty as a requisite to presuppose the possibility of this highest good.
My theory of the formation of the scientific doctrine of matter is that first philosophy illegitimately transformed the bare entity, which is simply an abstraction necessary for the method of thought, into the metaphysical substratum of these factors in nature which in various senses are assigned to entities as their attributes; and that, as a second step, scientists (including philosophers who were scientists) in conscious or unconscious ignoration of philosophy presupposed this substratum, _qua_ substratum for attributes, as nevertheless in time and space. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919
Accountability usually presupposes evaluation, but evaluation does not necessarily imply accountability.
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving. Ayn Rand
The notion of action signs in semasiological theory, for example, presupposes a view of human beings as meaning-making agents.
Radical elite theory's machine model presupposes that both party and state organizations are effectively controlled by socially dominant elites.
Among Robert Gordon's distinctive contributions in (Gordon 1987) was the development of an idea first broached by (Thalberg 1977) that most ascriptions of emotions with propositional objects are "factive" ” that is, that they presuppose the truth of their propositional objects. Emotion
I find I can pardon _all_ things in a man except purblindness, falseness of vision, -- for, indeed, does not that presuppose every other kind of falseness? The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
He should also presuppose that the rooms were bugged, avoid inquisitive strangers, and keep the true purpose of his visit to himself. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
Aristotle, for instance, argued that being qua being is the subject of metaphysics when a term reduplicates itself, this is called a reflexive reduplication; Leibniz's principles of identity presuppose reduplicative analysis; Anscombe has noted that her use of the phrase 'under the description' in discussing intention is reduplicative. Archive 2005-01-01
I don't see how the claim "'X is human' does not entail 'X is mortal' unqualifiedly" presupposes the issue at hand; for one can reject and, I imagine, many do the claim that being human entails being mortal without any acceptance of the doctrine of Incarnation, the Chalcedonian definition, or reduplicative analysis. Archive 2005-01-01
Approval of the plan presupposes that the money will be made available.
Reason, according to Mead, is the search for causal continuity in experience and, in fact, must presuppose such continuity in its attempt to construct a coherent account of reality.
That of course presupposes that there was any basis for asking direct questions of the claimant at discharge, and in my view there was not.
HAVING in the first section of the precedent chapter presupposed that motion and agitation of the brain which we call conception, to be continued to the heart, and there to be called passion; I have thereby obliged myself, as far forth as I can, to search out and declare, from what conception proceedeth every one of those passions which we commonly take notice of. The Elements of Law Natural and Politic
But both presuppose that the only proper purpose or consideration of a final bonus is the return of the capital value of the asset share of the policy-holder.
The experience of family life is thus the prior education presupposed by a free society.
The love between man and wife, therefore, apparently presupposes man and wife treating one another as equal, autonomous beings.
An objective criterion is a typically social construct and presupposes a degree of inter-subjective understanding and cooperation.
It is in fact a negation, which must prësuppose a matter once in being and possible to be denied; it is an abstraction, which cannot happen unless there be somewhat to be taken away; the idea of vacuity must be posterior to that of fullness; the idea of no tree is incompetent to be conceived without the previous idea of _a_ tree; the idea of nonentity suggests, _ex vi termini_, a pre-existent entity; the idea of Nothing, of necessity, prësupposes Something. Probabilities : An aid to Faith
But = sheds new light on the two structural relations, exact similarity (R) and compresence (C), apparently presupposed for qualiton structures. Tropes
Meeting this challenge with street kids, of course, presupposes that a rapport and trust can be established.
Manorialism and feudalism presupposed a stable social order in which every individual knew their place.
That presupposes that we can in good conscience represent nondeceptive, truthful clients. Mike Schwager: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth: In Media and PR
The content of the dispositional concept thus presupposes the virtual-color concept.
The pejorative charge of anachronism as the inadmissible confusion of periods or eras presupposes that the accuser knows what the correct time of history is.
Story - telling presupposes linguistic representation accessible to our meaning dynamism.
What this presupposes, of course, is that men and women are subject to different moralities.
Harm reduction presupposes that addicts are rational individuals who engage in destructive behaviours only when forced to by legal and social sanctions.
All these plans presuppose that the bank will be willing to lend us the money.
Brouwer emphasizes, as he had done in his dissertation, that formalism presupposes contentual mathematics at the metalevel.
Such an assertion presupposes a well-founded theory of performance, one which was able to assign periods of time to mental processes.
A scientist never presupposes the truth of an unproved fact.
That husbands, fathers, or sons are never wrong, and must always be right presupposes a perfectionism most men cannot live up to, and betrayal of the patriarchy is always considered the worst betrayal to other men, the one unforgivable sin that cannot be tolerated. Subverting Patriarchy: Not just for chicks anymore. « A Bird’s Nest
First, although adherence to a certain way of life may be an important part of being religious, surely that adherence presupposes belief in the truth of some basic dogmas?
This criterion presupposes that the protocol algorithm is veridical.
The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.
All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man.
I think the basis of the argument presupposes what the film is ‘trying to say’.
These presuppose a reference mass consisting of all possible instances and their use can be interpreted, under appropriate circumstances, to entail a ‘universal’ statement about all instances.
The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.
That presupposes that only positive photo identification is admissible.
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving. Ayn Rand
In turn, this presupposes treating the other as a person, as, at least partly, a rational being.
Of course, any such operation presupposes the existence of a font covering multiple character sets or enough information to render a complex font to the screen.
All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man.
The general reader should be aware that the authors presuppose a fair amount of knowledge on the subject, which makes the book less accessible for non-specialists.
When experience is presupposed, these principles are apodeictically certain, but in themselves, and directly, they cannot even be cognized a priori. The Critique of Pure Reason
It is of course presupposed that the suprasensible can be known and that the limits of experience pure and immediate can be transcended. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
This step presupposes two prior ones
Now it is evident that the first two sciences presuppose that which forms the exclusive object of the third, namely, quality; for all quantity in nature is either itself derived, or at least derives its powers from some _quality_, as that of weight, specific cohesion, hardness, &c. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.
In other words, Hume believed that any justified application of the inductive inference presupposes a demonstration that the conclusion is true.
Since the reverse is not true (actuality does not in the same way presuppose potentiality), an actuality is prior in definition to its correlative potentiality.
So while judgments are proposition-generating acts (Handlungen) (A69/94), beliefs by contrast are merely defeasible rational pro-attitudes to propositions that presuppose acts of judgment. Kant's Theory of Judgment
Even in its most radical form, the politics of representation always presupposes an abstract or ideal state that would act as guarantor of its chosen representations.
However, as has been noted many times, the notion of "nonaction" or wuwei does not denote literal inaction but presupposes something like the possibility of an unforced acting with the grain of things, and that presupposes that it is possible to become attuned to that grain while in a state of awareness that is not cluttered by distorting conceptual oppositions. Comparative Philosophy: Chinese and Western
An objective criterion is a typically social construct and presupposes a degree of inter-subjective understanding and cooperation.
Without struggle there can be no progress, and struggle presupposes winners and losers.
The other extreme of course, which is presupposed in the above - is a retreat to solipsism, and thereby a denial of the other.
This key premiss about justifiable inequalities is nowhere defended but only presupposed. The Times Literary Supplement
It is extremely chancy, moreover, to anticipate the future of art architecturally, or to presuppose that modern art will continue to be shaped principally by painting and sculpture, albeit on a larger scale.
This of course presupposed that they were properly regulated so as to indemnify the public for the franchises which the utilities had been granted.
Sense is always presupposed as soon as I begin to speak; I would not be able to begin without this presupposition.
Prevention of typhus by serum from convalescent patients presupposes the existence of such patients; moreover, the quantity of serum provided by a convalescent is very small. Charles Nicolle - Nobel Lecture
I presuppose that you have done your work
The disillusion induced by one's awareness of his own importance or unimportance presupposes that one is aware of it - or at least is made aware of it by one's neighbors.

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