Sentence examples for presuppose knowledge from inspiring English sources

These essays overlap and often presuppose knowledge of one another; and together they form a mosaic out of which emerges one of the most integrated and elegant bodies of philosophical work of our era.

Trait-virtues seem equally indispensable in accounting for richer intellectual achievements such as understanding and wisdom, which may presuppose knowledge, but which may also exceed it (compare Zagzebski 2001, 248 9).

Moreover, if we accept that understanding x requires eliminating non-x, then in turn we presuppose knowledge of non-x, which entails an understanding of non-non-x, and so on (Drefyus, 1997, p.215).

Moral actions, as opposed to instinctive or mechanical behavior, presuppose knowledge since this class of acts is grounded on judgments that in turn are at the foundation of theoretical knowledge.

Unlike typical year long product development cycles that presuppose knowledge of customers' problems and product needs, agile development eliminates wasted time and resources by developing the product incrementally and through iteration.

Such information may tell nothing about flavor and quality and presupposes knowledge many consumers do not possess.

Rational action in one very general sense presupposes knowledge.

In other words, 'naturalization' is a 'rationalization' process whereby ideological beliefs become presupposed knowledge and 'common-sense' social representations.

Attitudes are already interconnected — causally, semantically and epistemically — with objects and events in the world; while knowledge of self and others already presupposes knowledge of the world.

But pervasion is known through generalization from cases or even a single case, presupposing knowledge of relevant similarity which can be a matter of perception.

Artful speaking (and even artful deception) presupposes knowledge of the truth, especially where the identity of the phenomenon is difficult to grasp, because similarities can be deceptive.