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	Presupposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In this respect, presupposition is distinguished from entailment and implication.
		Critical discourse analysis identifies the ideological function of presuppositions, particularly in the concept of synthetic personalisation.
		A variety of Christian apologetics, called presuppositional apologetics, argues that the existence or non-existence of God is the basic presupposition of all human thought, and that all men arrive at a worldview which is ultimately determined by the theology they presuppose.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presupposition (556 words)

	Where have some of the presuppositions gone?
		The presupposition triggered by predicates like know, regret and be odd that, that their complement clauses are true, shares with the existential presupposition of definite descriptions the property of remaining constant under negation.
		As noted, the prototypical presupposition types, as well as the rest of those indicated in Table 1, differ from conventional implicatures, as characterized by Grice and listed in Table 2, in that presuppositions are entailed by the matriarch of the S family (S herself) while conventional implicatures are not.
		Presuppositions associated with focusing constructions (the cleft and pseudocleft constructions) are not easily lifted, as shown in (22).
	www.msu.edu /user/abbottb/where.htm (5779 words)

	Presuppositional Image Streaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Presupposition: Anything in a sentence or conversation which has to be assumed for the rest of the sentence or conversation to have meaning.
		Presuppositions cannot be proven and we cannot categorically demonstrate that they are "true" or "right" but we tend to accept them.
		Accepting the presuppositions becomes an act of faith since they cannot be "proven." If we accept these presuppositions, then we will find or create them in our experience, rather than waiting for the proof that such intentions exist.
	www.lucidexperience.com /ImageStreaming/Presuppositions1.html (2670 words)

	Presuppositions of faith
		Presuppositions of faith are beliefs assumed or supposed to be true, even if they cannot be proven; their truth is just taken for granted.
		Reasonable does not mean proven, because what is proven is not faith; but it means it is not contradictory with other truths that we know by other means, as for example from nature; and that is sound thinking, in accordance with an intelligent understanding.
		This means that we should "weigh" the presuppositions in which the teachings are based.
	www.mbay.net /~jmejia/book052.htm (963 words)

	Article of the Month Page
		Presuppositions relate to unconscious beliefs or assumptions embedded in the structure of an utterance, action or another belief; and are required for the utterance, action or belief to make sense.
		A linguistic presupposition is something that is stated in the body of the statement itself which must be 'supposed' or accepted in order for the sentence or utterance to make sense.
		The fundamental presuppositions of NLP form the basic epistemology upon which the methodology and technology of NLP is built.
	www.nlpu.com /Articles/artic20.htm (2462 words)

	Full Spectrum Communications \| NLP, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Magic and General Wizardry
		Presuppositions are used to presuppose what you want to be done, or thought, while talking overtly about something else.
		There is a presupposition right in there- simply by saying that presuppositions are the most powerful of all the language patterns, it presupposes the existence of other language patterns.
		Presuppositions, like almost any part of NLP, can be used manipulatively, but it will ALWAYS bite you in the ass if you use it unwisely.
	www.xanatos.com /fsc/language.html (1002 words)

	Presuppositions as nonassertions
		The standard diagnostic for distinguishing presupposition from assertion is survival in a variety of linguistic contexts: embedded under negation or a possibility modal such as maybe, it is possible that; in a question; or in the antecedent of a conditional.
		I propose that grammatical presuppositions are a consequence of a natural limit on how much can be asserted in any given utterance, where what is asserted is what is presented as the main point of the utterance?what the speaker is going on record as contributing to the discourse.
		In their view "presupposition" had been used for a disparate group of phenomena, whereas "conventional implicature" referred to a well-defined subset which was the subject of their analysis.
	www.msu.edu /~abbottb/preasnon.htm (7565 words)

	NLP Linguistic Presuppositions
		The NLP presuppositions can be viewed as a fundamental set of principles on how you may choose to live your life.
		A linguistic presupposition is something that is overtly expressed in the body of the statement itself, which must be presupposed or accepted in order for the sentence or utterance to make sense.
		Linguistic presuppositions allow for the internal universe of the speaker to be revealed; and thus presumed by the listener from the words that the person is using.
	www.renewal.ca /nlp23.htm (1421 words)

	Rediscovering the Historical Jesus: Presuppositions and Pretensions of the Jesus Seminar
		It is found that the principal presuppositions of (i) scientific naturalism, (ii) the primacy of the apocryphal gospels, and (iii) the necessity of a politically correct Jesus are unjustified and issue in a distorted portrait of the historical Jesus.
		Well, that leads to the second presupposition which I wanted to discuss, namely, sceptical critics presuppose that our most primary sources for the life of Jesus are not the Gospels, but rather writings outside the New Testament, specifically the soâ“called apocryphal gospels.
		The third presupposition of the Jesus Seminar is that religion in general and Jesus in particular must be politically correct.
	www.leaderu.com /offices/billcraig/docs/rediscover1.html (4895 words)

	Presuppositions, Frames and Choices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Presuppositions are insidious in their control of our lives, because they are hidden just beneath the surface of words, and most of us are not trained to recognize them and to recognize their vast influence over our thinking.
		Presuppositions are the facts that must be true in order for the sentence to make sense.
		Presuppositions are used to frame the meaning and to direct thinking by limiting choices.
	www.articleshelf.com /Article/Presuppositions--Frames-and-Choices/10413 (814 words)

	NLP Business applications
		In the context of NLP training, some trainers, regard the presuppositions as the ‘rules’ of NLP that you must learn by heart.
		The original language of the presuppositions was devised about 30 years ago in California, so it seems a little strange today, to say the least.
		You might see other versions and even other presuppositions elsewhere, these are the original ones as they were originally worded by Bandler and Grinder.
	www.ciauk.com /nlp/apppre.htm (775 words)

	Presuppositions and the Existence of God (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		By suggesting they change their money, he has demonstrated that he, too, believes the arrangement of the stones is no accident.
		Atheists, agnostics and other naturalists are inconsistent with their own presuppositions all the time, just like this man in the train.
		When people realize their presuppositions don't match their conclusions, they often become open to new information.
	www.xenos.org.cob-web.org:8888 /essays/presup.htm (1495 words)

	Chapter Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is best to start with the biblical presuppositions as hypotheses, and then proceed to test the hypotheses, applying them to problems to see if this approach best answers our concerns.
		When presuppositions are adopted to establish an apologetic system, one important factor which must be taken into account is which test for truth is most plausible.
		The choice of presuppositions presents an acute problem for those who are not believers, because a basic moral is involved in their choice.
	home.comcast.net /~kerusso1/apologetics/2.htm (847 words)

	Presuppositions of No Child Left Behind
		The presupposition that there exists a universally agreed upon list of skills and knowledge that every person must possess is, I suggest, seriously flawed.
		This presupposition is related to the previous one.
		At issue here is the presupposition that the present use of standards and testing is the only—or at least the best—method of insuring accountability in schools.
	www.teachersmind.com /PresuppNCLB.htm (3948 words)

	An Examination Of The Presuppositions - Intro
		A study of the presuppositions of covenant and dispensational theology is a vast topic.
		Since there is no neutrality in approaching Scripture, and since presuppositions are a given reality, the necessity of presuppositions being based on careful exegesis is underscored.
		An evaluation of the presuppositions of dispensational and covenant theology, therefore, is both appropriate and of critical importance.
	www.searchingtogether.org /index/peintro.htm (975 words)

	NLP Model and Presuppositions on Addictions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Whoever is addicted was responsible for his addiction when he took that choice because it is the only choice or the only model he knows best to deal with his model of his world or situation.
		By realizing the intentions behind their behavior and learning a different desirable way to bring about positive personal change through dissociation, setting smart outcomes and creating a sense of future to experience their core value, addictions will disappear.
		To test one or more presuppositions, act as if it or they were the case, and notice the results you get.
	www.holisticwebs.com /solution/nlp2.html (867 words)

	presuppositions (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A presupposition is a type of unspoken sentence that systematically “rides on the coattails” of a spoken sentence: whenever the spoken sentence is accepted into the conversational background, the unspoken presupposition sentence gets in too.
		Since presuppositions are inherited by larger sentences, we can see how a presupposition P could be acceptable even when a sentence S (which presupposes P) isn't acceptable.
		Hence a presupposition is not just a sentence that follows validly from the sentence presupposing it.
	www.ux1.eiu.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /~cfbxb/class/1900/prag/presupp.htm (902 words)

	Science in Christian Perspective
		He is interested in "the facts" or in the hypotheses of scientists, but when one begins to talk to him of the presuppositions of his scientific work, he usually replies either that he has none, or that they are irrelevant to his work.
		In attempting to see how the Christian presuppositions to science have developed since 1500, we cannot in the space allotted give a complete history of their unfolding down to the present day.
		Thus the Christian scientist must insist that his presuppositions are not merely one set of starting points among others, one hypothesis among a number, but that they are only presuppositons that make science possible.
	www.asa3.org /ASA/PSCF/1975/JASA6-75Reid.html (5834 words)

	Creation: ‘where’s the proof?’
		It’s not until these two people recognize the argument is really about the presuppositions they have to start with, that they will begin to deal with the foundational reasons for their different beliefs.
		However, for a number of reasons, including spiritual ones, a non-Christian usually can’t put on the Christian’s glasses—unless they recognize the presuppositional nature of the battle and are thus beginning to question their own presuppositions.
		It required biblical presuppositions such as a real, objective universe, created by one Divine Lawgiver, who was neither fickle nor deceptive—and who also created the mind of man in a way that was in principle capable of understanding the universe.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v22/i1/creation.asp (2112 words)

	Ethics at Work: The Power of Presuppositions; Unfair tactics in conversation,communication,manipulation
		Unfair presuppositions, like the one Geoff confronted, provide the presupposer an indirect, often unethical, way to attack or manipulate others.
		To find a presupposition, negate the container and look for any part of the contents that remains invariant.
		If the presupposition is a disguised attack, it can be maddening to hear, and, like Geoff, we feel compelled to confront it.
	www.chacocanyon.com /pointlookout/040901.shtml (1005 words)

	Reformed Blacks of America's Blog » Presuppositions, Epistemology and Biblical Interpretation (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		An important point for us to keep in mind as students of the Bible (and as students of any text for that matter) is that we do not and indeed we cannot, come to any text as a blank slate.
		Finally, if we are to overcome the presuppositions of others, then our preaching and teaching must address these presuppositions and answer the questions and arguments of those who democratize the Gospel.
		The problem goes beyond the presuppositional non nuetrality of exegesis but rather the competing presuppositions that inform a 'systems' view on any particular topic...for coherence is found in more than one system.
	www.reformedblacksofamerica.org.cob-web.org:8888 /blog1/index.php?itemid=108 (2626 words)

	NLP Presuppositions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		People take NLP Practitioner training for many reasons, but to us the biggest benefit of NLP training is making the NLP presuppositions a part of your thinking and your life.
		By providing rich experiences, the training turns the words of the presuppositions into action that becomes a part of your daily life and enriches your experience.
		You are always communicating, in all three major representational systems: visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
	www.nlpchicago.com /presuppositions.html (276 words)

	Presuppositions
		Scholars have noted that a composition reflects the age in which it was created.
		Certain presuppositions exist in the author's mind that can be linked to certain beliefs current in his lifetime that he is unconsciously drawing from in his presentation.
		The New Testament's non-Hebraic presuppositions appear to be for the most part drawn from Platonic Greek Metaphysics and its Hellenistic Era related spin-offs.
	www.bibleorigins.net /Presuppositions.html (7982 words)

	Philosophical Dictionary: Polish notation-Presupposition
		Hence, according to P.F. Strawson, a presupposition is a necessary condition for either the truth or the falsity of the statement that presupposes it.
		Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar
		Questions, comments, and suggestions may be sent to: the Contact Page.
	www.philosophypages.com /dy/p7.htm (1075 words)

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		Therefore, to avoid error, God & His Word must be the basis of our presuppositions.
		B) Therefore, to avoid error, God & His Word must be the basis of our presuppositions.
		God Himself should be the ultimate starting point for our discussion.
	www.biblelighthouse.com /sovereignty/calvinistlogic.htm (4193 words)

	Linguist List - Book Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Causal connectives have presuppositions : Effects on coherence and discourse structure
		This book is a detailed study of the discourse semantic properties of causal connectives and their presuppositions.
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	linguistlist.org /pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=4220 (76 words)

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