Presuppositions Quotes

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'Imagine a person whose memory could not retain what the word 'pain' meant-so that he constantly called different things by that name-but nevertheless used the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be they ever so… — Karl Mannheim
To admit one's own presuppositions and to point out the presuppositions of others is therefore to maintain that all reasoning is, in the nature of… — Cornelius Van Til
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse… — Faye Wattleton
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. — Gregory Bateson
If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at… — Herman E. Daly
I agree with you that it is important to examine our presuppositions, throughly and once for all, in order to establish something solid. For I… — Gottfried Leibniz
A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions… — James W. Sire
The practice of translation rests on two presuppositions. The first is that we are all different: we speak different tongues, and see the world in… — David Bellos
Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles. — Francis Schaeffer
In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he… — Georg Simmel
As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he… — Criss Jami
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph. — Ravi Zacharias
Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of… — Karl Popper
â€ŽPeople have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the… — Francis Schaeffer
Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society, the way that a child catches the measles. But people with understanding realize that… — Francis Schaeffer
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that… — Noam Chomsky

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