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We do not, of course, presuppose that nowhere ever is there a failure of, say, vision.
This is because knowledge and direct perception predicates are factive, in that they presuppose the truth of their complements.
The thing about questions like this is that they presuppose an adversarial relationship with clients, and that's so not the case with me.
Admiration for a great man and his important work does not presuppose uncritical acceptance of all his views.
Metaphorical extension does, however, presuppose the recognition of similarities, or correspondences, between the source and the target domains.
Such an argument would have to presuppose that there is somehow something wrong with being gay.
To be involved in these processes would be a liability for the artist and would presuppose his or her active interest.
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.
Just as they presuppose that all consumers are alike, standard models estimate that agriculture throughout the world is the same.
The motion does not presuppose that the committee is going to adopt the bill.
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.
While the definition using e does not presuppose these equations, the temptation to use them will be great.
This perception of blindness in terms of social exclusion appears in some passages of the Israelite literature that presuppose the Levitical health care system.
The other arguments, like the need to evangelize the Indians and baptize them, presuppose the previous ones.
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 way.
They may indeed show that one can construct Frankfurt-type examples that explicitly presuppose indeterminism in which there are no alternative possibilities.
An outright ban on the cosmetic uses of pesticides would presuppose that they all cause unacceptable risks, and this is simply not the case.
This choice did not presuppose that the primary interest of Philips went from producing to importing.
I presuppose all that I wrote on that occasion, but will return to some of the questions and points that I raised in the last paragraphs.
In her work she seeks to develop a critical politics that does not presuppose a stable, unchanging identity.
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Examples from Classical Literature
To suppose that a food is constituted by eating is to presuppose that eating eats eating, and so on in infinite regress.
Certainly, real freedom and equality of rights presuppose some degree of culture.
They presuppose a certain training, both moral and intellectual, in the pupil.
The works of genius are the 'summum' of civilization, and presuppose utility.
The systems of Valentinus and Origen presuppose that of Philo.
Affinities at least have the grace to presuppose a special sex-attraction.
They presuppose the philosopher's, or the architect's, physical presence.
They presuppose membership in it and familiarity with its tradition.
This does not presuppose their estates to have been extensive.
Having told you what I presuppose in you, I proceed now to the directions.
The compensation is provided in case the decrees presuppose the compensation.
Mind, I repeat it, I presuppose nothing but general depression.
It does not presuppose any promise on the part of the servient owner.
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