To say that reality is both permanent and changing is to make another metaphysical assertion, another viewpoint, whose opposite is "Reality is neither permanent nor changing".
Such craven neutrality, of course, served nothing but to politicize reality – as if the truth of all assertions was merely a question of viewpoint.
This critique has been forcefully developed by feminist postmodernists, who question the possibility of a unified standpoint of women, and see, behind the assertion of a universal woman's viewpoint, the perspective of relatively privileged white women (Lugones & Spelman 1983).
widely read" but then dismisses its readership in contending that "It will not now be recollected very well by many people, as its success was in reality an ephemeral success, and the reputation it procured for its author fleeting".4 Henry James' assertions here are correct from a contemporary viewpoint, now that time and critical intervention have all but wiped Crane from the canonical map.
Mr. Ziegler fails to recognize that using any credible sources to support his assertions would help convince others of his viewpoint.
Perhaps this viewpoint is best epitomized by NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's assertion that "the guys with the guns make the rules" in our democracy.
Some Democratic lawmakers were more forceful in their assertions of Google's right to a political viewpoint than Pichai was.
In addition to being intriguing epistemic objects, such self-referential assertions provide a special challenge from the semantical viewpoint because of the built-in vicious circle.
See related viewpoint by Dünser et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/5/326 We respectfully disagree with several key assertions made by Dünser and colleagues [ 1] in this issue of Critical Care and consider their approach to resuscitation to be potentially harmful.
The article presented an unbalanced viewpoint to parks directors and school athletic directors, with whom we work to dispel these assertions regularly.
Most of his extant speeches for private cases written early in his career show glimpses of talent: a powerful intellectual drive, masterly selection (and omission) of facts, and a confident assertion of the justice of his case, all ensuring the dominance of his viewpoint over his rival.
