Presupposition

Throughout the course of world history, humans have tried to find meaning by creating languages, inventing religions, and attaining classical educations. Individualism is essentially an ideology asserting that the individual must think of his person as an end in itself and not as a means to the ends of others or something else that is placed above him. For example, an absolute individualist does not accept that the goal of his life is the good of society. One’s first goal is one’s own good and…

“Colonial beliefs that poverty is a function of able bodied men refusing to adopt American values of work. Added to the social and economic disadvantages imposed upon the African American woman and her family was the societal presupposition that people are poor because of laziness, a flawed moral character, and a disregard for the American values of work and moderate consumption.” It is these types of beliefs that made welfare devastating for African American families who wore torn…

Gender based inequality has recently become a much debated topic. Feminism is on the rise and the fight for equal rights and opportunities for females is a common topic in contention among individuals. Regardless of the different perspectives of individuals there is no denying that gender is a common and unfortunate avenue for inequality. Girlfight was released in 2000 and challenges commonly accepted idea of gender both within the family and within sporting institutions. Social action towards…

There is nothing more challenging than to try and answer a question that has no reference and requires one to force themselves to contemplate unknown outcomes. This serves as the basis of how we ask the question of how does the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) make and formulate assumptions, and by what means are they used in implementing enhanced analytical and collection techniques and methodologies. Additionally, how technologies and methods are applied in forecasting analytical and…

Heidegger sought to radicalize the traditional understanding of what it means to be human and the transform the ‘common sense’ approach held by the tradition by reawakening the question of the meaning of being; however, he arrived too early. Even though his unfinished edifice was successfully nailed on the door of Cartesian tradition long ago; the discussion fell, and is still falling, upon deaf ears. This split with the tradition led him to a disagreement with his old master Edmund Husserl…

An English clergyman in 1908 reasoned that just as a watch is made up of several different parts, “framed and put together for a purpose,”(cit) so too are natural objects--ranging from the minutest antenna and delicate wings to the larger human body--made up of parts that combine to serve a higher function. As a watch is the handiwork of a watchmaker, nature is the product of a designing intelligence, or God. Thus goes William Paley’s ‘Watchmaker analogy’ from his book Natural Theology (cit)…

The painting above is named ‘Laterna Magica’ painted by Paul Sandby who was an English topographical watercolorist and graphic artist in 18th century. Paul Sandby was known for his modern landscape paintings in watercolors, and was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in London. The painting describes a scene of several men and women staring at an image of a battle field created by a magic lantern, an early type of image projector, on the wall. Though this painting is not a…

in insulated fields” (Ryle), Ryle calls him out. However, there is no such thing as to suspect this statement of making a category mistake. It would be acceptable for Ryle to argue on this case, but he does so with intertwined talk of his own presuppositions of…

In most of the cases, if not all, human is capable to learn without understanding the nature of the learning process (Bigge, 1982). However, by understanding the basic nature of the process and learning the way to manage it, they are able to solve numerous practical problems of the control of learning for their own needs (Hilgard and Bower, 1966). In order to effectively utilise and enhance their ability to use both themselves and their environments in a more productive way, the curiosity to…

The foundation of most world religions is based on the presupposition that human existence is a predicament (Numrich, 62). According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, the explanation for this human predicament is that all life is suffering and this suffering is caused by desire. However, Buddhism provides liberation from this human predicament through the cessation of desire, enlightenment. All followers of the Buddha practice his teachings in the hopes of achieving enlightenment, whether…