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presuppositions — pre·sup·po·sition || ‚prɪËsÊŒpÉ™ zɪʃn n. early assumption, prior conjecture, previous presumption … English contemporary dictionary
presuppositions — Предположения … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Science and the Church — • Dicsusses the relationship between the two subjects Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Science and the Church Science and the Church … Catholic encyclopedia
Presupposition — In the linguistic branch of pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: * Do you want to… … Wikipedia
Universal pragmatics — Universal pragmatics, more recently placed under the heading of formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication. The philosopher Jürgen Habermas coined the term in his… … Wikipedia
Discourse ethics — Discourse ethics, sometimes called argumentation ethics, refers to a type of argument that attempts to establish normative or ethical truths by examining the presuppositions of discourse. Contents 1 Habermas and Apel 1.1 Presupposition 1.2… … Wikipedia
Cornelius Van Til — Full name Cornelius Van Til Born May 3, 1895 Grootegast, the Netherlands Died April 17, 1987 Era … Wikipedia
Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself … History of philosophy
Liberation Psychotherapy — Liberation Psychotherapy, or LibPsych , represents a systems approach to the healing of ‘souls’. All of the seemingly disparate parts of the therapy cooperate in the goal of talking with individuals about the meaning of their lives, what is… … Wikipedia
metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… … Universalium
