Finally, we consider a very different move, namely, to challenge the very hierarchy presupposed by the question of unity and to redraw the boundaries and lines of interaction and integration that best describe actual scientific practice.
The "What for?" question presupposes that a purpose exists and thus the question requires a teleological explanation.
In what became the centerpiece of his stump speech in the snows of New Hampshire, Romney demanded to know, "Where is your secret plan?" That question skillfully presupposed an assertion of not just a general promise but also a detailed plan, and soon it became widely accepted that Nixon had said, "I have a secret plan to end the war".
However, merely raising the question on a platform such as the BBC presupposes that the question is legitimate, and that it can be answered one way or the other.
Ever since Plato, philosophers have been trying to answer the question "What is a good life for a human being?" This question presupposes that one size fits all -- that we all have the same built-in mechanism ("reason," "human nature") that steers us toward the same goal.
Your question presupposes that there is a silver bullet.
All too often I have been asked: "Do you consider yourself a black columnist, or a columnist who happens to be black?" The question presupposes that you cannot be both black and a columnist, but must chose between one and the other.
The affirmative reply to this rhetorical question presupposes clear detachment from the traditional relationship with the utopia.
But the question presupposes, in effect, that the notion of "all linguistic frameworks" is meaningful, and there is no reason why Carnap would accept that.
There is obviously a sense in which the second question presupposes an answer to the first — you need to know what a statement means before you can ask whether it's true — and we will begin with the interpretation question.
