What's the difference between presupposing and presupposition?
Presupposing
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Presuppose
Example Sentences:
(1) Such use presupposes the existence of reference values.
(2) A comparison is made between five irradiation methods, the dose distribution and volume doses of which had been ascertained by means of two phantoms presupposed differently large.
(3) Complete transfer of the LC fraction to GC is presupposed for obtaining the required sensitivity.
(4) This procedure presupposes that changes of pulmonary O2 (VO2) associated with increases of external work reflect accurately the increased muscle VO2.
(5) The concept of diagnosis-free therapeutic trials presupposes, however, that a sufficiently large number of patients are cured and that their need of investigation is permanently eliminated.
(6) This presupposes the presence of glucocorticoid receptors in the cytoplasma.
(7) Passages in the Bible attribute one and the same 'life' ('soul') to both (Book of Proverbs 12: 10) and presuppose 'salvation' or 'preservation' of the two (Psalm 36:7c).
(8) A favorable outcome of pulpotomy combined with the use of calcium hydroxide presupposes that the root pulp is healthy.
(9) Exercise and teaching of musicians presupposes in the individual the constitutive ability to freely execute the finger movements required in the playing of the instrument.
(10) These several observations may be accounted for in terms of a working hypothesis which presupposes a cation carrier complex which pumps K into and Na out of cells of normal volume.
(11) Changes in subjective sensitivity registered in the latter patients did not significantly differ from baseline values and were of opposite direction, which presupposes obligatory combination of EAP with the use of psychoactive drugs during preparation for surgery.
(12) An effective secondary preventive programme to deal with alcohol problems presupposes adequate knowledge of the population's drinking habits, the problems accompanying alcohol abuse, the manner in which the health services encounter the problem drinker, professional expertise in secondary prevention, and the methods shown by research to be effective.
(13) The conceptual organisation of the Knowledge Base presupposes that the framework is structured according to functional, semantic and tier indications, i.e.
(14) The blood supply of horseshoe kidneys is presupposed by evolution.
(15) From the extended period of observation, it can be concluded that pregnancy, birth, puerperium, and lactation do not presuppose any risk of relapse of pulmonary tuberculosis when it is adequately treated even in patients in whom an inactive postchemotherapy cavity persisted.
(16) Public health jurisprudence now presupposes that illness is primarily a matter of individual concern.
(17) In France, though, Rabelais portrayed saints as fools, and coined the phrase: “The wise may be instructed by a fool.” In his great book on Rabelais, Mikhail Bakhtin observes that: “In the eyes of Rabelais’s fool, truth presupposes freedom from personal material interests, from the unholy gift of managing family and personal affairs, but the language of this foolish truth is at the same time earthly and material.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Illustration by Max Cabanes Modernity and postmodernity have banished this role of Fool.
(18) A quantification of the myocardial hypertrophy by means of the R-potential summation method presupposes a correction of the normal potential decrease in the cardio-electric field.
(19) However, this presupposes that patients entered into such a study are capable of improvement with dietary manipulation.
(20) Most current and past research on the cerebral organization of cognitive functions has presupposed certain specialized hemisphere operations.
Presupposition
Definition:
(n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
(n.) That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
Example Sentences:
(1) The presuppositions of natural science regarding human nature dividing body and soul, subject and object, are discussed and found insufficient for an understanding of what it means to be human.
(2) Knowledge of the immune response to natural infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae is presupposition for the development of a gonococcal vaccine.
(3) Taken together, the two studies suggest that behavioral scientists' philosophical presuppositions (e.g., whether reality is better described by stable, isolated elements or changing holistic patterns; and whether persons are passive and reactive or purposive and active) may mirror their views of themselves.
(4) Nothing but regular control of the required laboratory data allows a variable substitution of necessary medications as presupposition for an undisturbed course of pregnancy and development of the fetus.
(5) The presuppositions for nasal long-term intubation are described in details.
(6) (5) The findings are discussed within the framework of the SRP, but the emphasis is placed on the interaction of semantic and pragmatic presuppositions over processing the four construction types.
(7) In this papers, the authors explain the ways gone through by them as researchers and they make considerations about the meaning of this kind of investigation through an explanation of the fundamentals and methodological presuppositions used.
(8) 3) If presuppositions mentioned under 1) and 2) are disregarded, it should be possible to lay down analogic results from the BAK-limits to breathalcohol concentrations, but problems will always appear, if conversions to another time (than the analysis time) or comparisons with BAK-values are to be effected.
(9) Taking the 3-12fold increased maternal mortality rate post section as compared to vaginal delivery into consideration, a vaginal delivery of a breech presentation infant at term appears to be justifiable under certain presuppositions: exclusion of cranio-pelvic disproportion, and normal progression of labour.
(10) Dealing with the question of right hemisphere performance in patients with a brain split by callosotomy demonstrates, better than anything else, that each position taken on this question is underlain by philosophical presuppositions.
(11) It is necessary to consider these calculations and their results as preliminary with regard to the simplifying presuppositions and to the possible inaccuracies of the estimations of input data.
(12) Findings of 185 patients and 271 control subjects are presented for the assessment of work capacity in hypertensive individuals (primary hypertension); an attempt at classification by hypertensive stage is seen as an essential presupposition.
(13) A descriptive term precludes premature presuppositions and encourages the search for causes.
(14) The author concludes that because they are different paradigms (in Kuhn's sense), not only are notional and cognitive elements brought into play, but also presuppositions, attitudes, values and fantasies.
(15) Presupposition for CABGs was myocardial ischaemia at present demonstrated in myocardial viability test.
(16) The qualification of a person to drive a motor vehicle is the presupposition for the required permission.
(17) On the other hand, optimal technique is an indispensable presupposition for optimal efficiency of several immunosuppressive methods.
(18) The present study distinguishes these factors by incorporating contextual information into the subordinate clause of the test sentences in a comprehension experiment (to satisfy presupposions) or into the main clause (to provide comparable prior information without satisfying presuppositions).
(19) This report tries to explain principles and presuppositions of planning sample sizes.
(20) There is a general presupposition that choice primarily helps the more able, academic children.