Presupposition

of individual experiences, beliefs and conducts which are shaped by social forces, is the main aim of social science. But Social theories consist of diverse and often contradictory approaches about what is social science and what methods and presuppositions should sociologist take into consideration when they study the social phenomena (Kadakal, 2013). The aim of this essay is to present the main ideas of Durkheim and Weber, two of the founding fathers of social science, through their studies…

philosophy aims to inspire ‘social hope’,” (Talise 2014 124) and not to posit a way of life like Deweyan democratic perfectionism does. Rorty’s argument derives from Rawls’s view about “how liberal democracy can get along without philosophical presuppositions.” (PR 384) The Rorty and Rortyan ironism interpretation of Rawls’s is that liberal democracy not only needs “to bracket many standard theological topics when deliberating about public policy and constructing political institutions, [but…

The Synoptic Gospels are written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to share with others the life, ministry and death of Jesus Christ. In the Gospels, there are different portrayals of the Jews that have hindered the way people read the Gospels today. A majority of the Gospel is interpreted with an anti-Semitic point of view. Anti-Semitism can be defined as the prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all…

seen from the other person’s perspective. It provides public administration researchers a new perspective to conduct research, especially with qualitative methods. Researchers are urged to engage in a single-minded effort to “bracket” their own presuppositions, prior knowledge and espoused viewpoints and allow the data to speak for themselves…

The American Dream is a longstanding idea that the United States holds endless opportunities with few barriers other than hard work and perseverance. However, the difficult truth is that it is a land filled with unequal opportunity, allowing certain people to prosper over others. Unfortunately this harsh reality is a very prevalent issue in school systems throughout America due to educational inequality. This problem is especially demonstrated through students’ unequal access to education. It…

context in my sermons because it is a tremendous help when interpreting what the Biblical authors were inspired to say. Giving you the historical and literary contexts of the Scripture allows the text to speak through me instead of me putting any presuppositions into the text. Anyway, the church in Colossae got its start, according to commentators, during Paul’s time in Ephesus from AD 52-55. According to Colossians 1:7, a person named Epaphras first shared the…

The Christian understanding of the relationship to the Creator, comes from a self-revelation of a Trinitarian God through the Word, narrating the whole history of Israel and the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, basic stone in the search of Truth within the Church, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Albert Einstein wrote: “Science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind.” (Uršič). The human quest for meaning and purpose requires an interaction…

It is difficult to overstate the significance of Socrates, the historical figure. In one respect, Socrates can be viewed as the founder of critical thinking, as those who wrote about his life depicted Socrates questioning individuals’ presuppositions. German political philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel takes this reverence of Socrates a step further, crediting Socrates not only with the advent of critical thinking, but also with the revelation of “subjective consciousness”. According to…

Topic: Logocentrism Issue: It is reasonable to assert that reading is a very important intellectual practice. Without reading, the epistemic agent’s resources for conducting thorough inquiry would be extremely limited. There is some disagreement, however, among philosophers as to how exactly the virtuous, epistemic agent should practice reading. It is generally agreed upon that strictly passive reading is not conducive to attaining intellectual goods. Locke felt that excellent reading requires…

differences between men and women. The sexuality of a female has been sexualized by men and the sex is removed as a property of the women. Freud took this as an object of sexuality of his discourse by stating, “he did not carry out an analysis of the presuppositions that bear upon the production of discourse insofar as sexual difference is concerned.” (Irigaray 209). The questions that raised from this was about…