Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
presupposed — index assumed (inferred), presumptive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
presupposed — Synonyms and related words: assumed, forejudged, hinted, implicated, implied, indicated, inferred, intimated, involved, judged beforehand, meant, preconceived, preconceptual, preconcluded, predecided, predetermined, predisposed, predispositional … Moby Thesaurus
presupposed — prɪËsÉ™ pəʊz adj. assumed ahead of time, presumed in advance, conjectured beforehand pre·sup·pose || ‚prɪËsÉ™ pəʊz v. assume beforehand, conjecture in advance, presume beforehand … English contemporary dictionary
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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
Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… … History of philosophy
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epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… … Universalium
philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… … Universalium
