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Presentism is a view about temporal ontology, i.e., a view about what exists in time, that contrasts with eternalism—the view that past, present and future entities exist (that is, the ontological thesis of the 'block universe')—and with no-futurism—the view that only past and present entities exist (that is, the ontological thesis of the ...
[88] (opposite of appeal to tradition) Appeal to poverty (argumentum ad Lazarum) – supporting a conclusion because the arguer is poor (or refuting because the arguer is wealthy). (Opposite of appeal to wealth.) [89] Appeal to tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem) – a conclusion supported solely because it has long been held to be true. [90]
In literary and historical analysis, presentism is a term for the introduction of present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past. Some modern historians seek to avoid presentism in their work because they consider it a form of cultural bias, and believe it creates a distorted understanding of their subject matter. [1]
The Time Bind, a 1997 book, [12] was mentioned in Newsweek's multi-page feature about "The Myth of Quality Time". [1] The same issue of Newsweek had a full-page review [13] of another 1997 book, Time for Life, [14] which emphasizes that most people have a flawed "ability to separate faulty perception of time use from reality."
[12] In another place, Hacker affirms that attributions of badness as privative - "that ascriptions of badness sometimes signify no more than lack of good-making qualities," - it is by no means always so, and provides these examples: "pain is bad if it is severe, an examination script is bad if it is full of mistakes or if its conclusions are ...
One can flout the maxim of quality to tell a clumsy friend who has just taken a bad fall that his gracefulness is impressive and obviously mean the complete opposite. Likewise, flouting the maxim of quantity may result in ironic understatement, the maxim of relevance in blame by irrelevant praise, and the maxim of manner in ironic ambiguity. [12]
Enantiodromia (Ancient Greek: ἐναντίος, romanized: enantios – "opposite" and δρόμος, dromos – "running course") is a principle introduced in the West by psychiatrist Carl Jung. In Psychological Types, Jung defines enantiodromia as "the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time."
Advocates of longtermism reply that the kinds of actions that are good for the long-term future are often also good for the present. [31] An example of this is pandemic preparedness. Preparing for the worst case pandemics—those which could threaten the survival of humanity—may also help to improve public health in the present.