The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that women breastfeed their babies for at least a year.
Last year, 45 members of Congress wrote the IRS to protest its classification of breast pumps. On Thursday, several issued a statement praising the new ruling. They were Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.
Previously, the IRS considered breast pumps to be feeding equipment, not medical devices. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics argued that breastfeeding has many medical benefits for http://www.medela.us/ both mother and baby. Advocates hope that making breast pumps more affordable will enable more women to breastfeed longer.
"Today's decision is a huge victory for nursing mothers everywhere. Modern medicine has documented numerous health benefits linked to breastfeeding, including a reduced risk of illness in infants and a reduced risk of cancer in mothers," the lawmakers said in a statement. "And because breastfeeding is so effective in preventing disease, it also happens to save billions in health care costs."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The cost of breast pumps will now be considered tax-deductible medical expenses under a ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service Thursday.
The ruling, long sought by advocates, means that women will be able to use money set aside in pretax spending accounts to buy the pumps and related equipment, which can cost several hundred dollars. For women without flexible spending accounts, the cost of pumps will be tax deductible if their total medical costs exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income.
"Unfortunately, due to financial restraints and work demands, not all women are afforded the opportunity to nurse their children, despite the proven health benefits," the academy said in a 2009 letter to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman that was also signed by nine other medical groups. "In order to continue to breastfeed successfully, millions of mothers working outside the house require a breast pump."
Actually, breast pumps intended use is not so that a woman does not have to breastfeed in public but rather so that women who work or have a baby in NICU, etc. can keep their supply up when they are unable to nurse their baby, so that nursing can continue.
Secondly, I do not get mad at "having" to use a blanket or bathroom to nurse, because I do not HAVE to. I feed my child wherever they are hungry at-just as a bottlefeeding mother does. I would never have my child eat in a bathroom, or under a blanket-nor would I expect a bottle feeding mother to do the same. I do carry a blanket, which I will offer to loan anyone that wants to cover THEIR head because they are offended by a baby eating. I would probably also buy someone's lunch for them if they wanted to eat in the bathroom.
Blankets actually attract more attention to breastfeeding than nursing without one does, also. Chances are you have probably "seen" numerous babies nursing and not even realized it, because the majority of them are doing so discreetly. And, if you do know what is going on and stare-you might see something. HOwever, it will be less than you see on the magazine covers, on the television screen, or walking through the mall-all of which is considered 'normal'. I fail to see why people choose to stare at a nursing mother, and complain about being offended. LOOK AWAY!
I would also like to point out that breast pumps are expensive, so most nursing mothers do not 'invest' in them as they are unnecessary anyway. And after the milk leaves the body, you have to be concerned with keeping it properly refrigerated so it does not spoil, heating it when baby is ready to eat, etc. Nah-I'll just feed the baby http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=breast+pumps directly and save all of that hassle. Feeding from a bottle can also cause nipple confusion, anyway, thus interfering with nursing. And a large number of breastfed babies prefer the real thing as opposed to a silicone imposter.
In an effort to save money many women look to borrow or buy a used pump. This is typically not a good idea. A lot of personal use electric pumps are open systems which means that mother's milk can potentially get into the pump and cause contamination. However, there are some closed system pumps (like hospital grade pumps) that are sold for personal use. These are safer to borrow or buy used since the system is closed and mother's milk and other particles cannot cause contamination.
If you're going back to work, would like to pump daily, or are interested in exclusively pumping, a personal use electric pump is an excellent option. They typically cost $175 - $300 depending on features. Electric pumps are easily portable, have great suction and can pump two breasts at a time which make them both convenient and efficient. Many insurance plans will cover part or all of the cost of an electric pump under your Durable Medical Equipment benefit so before purchasing, check with your carrier to see if your plan will cover it.
If you are determined to continue to feed your baby breast milk, there is a perfect pump on the market for your needs.
Another option is a hospital grade electric pump. Hospitals will allow you to rent a pump which is a wonderful option if you aren't able to purchase a pump right away. Like personal use electric pumps, hospital grade pumps allow you to pump both breasts at once and have a great amount of suction but are typically more bulky. This is fine for home use but may prove challenging if you wish to pump at work.
When choosing a breast pump there are several options. Whether you are planning on going back to work or want to pump occasionally, there is a perfect pump for you.
If you only wish to pump occasionally then you could look into a manual pump. These work by attaching the suction cup to one breast at a time and manually squeezing the lever to express the milk. Some can be operated with one hand and others may require two hands. They are generally inexpensive, costing around $30. Another option may be a single electric pump that can be purchased for around $90. Like a manual pump, the single electric pumps only pump one breast at a time but are more http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Breast+Pump affordable than personal use electric pumps.
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Providing truly hands-free operation would be enough to establishthe Whisper Wear Breast Pump as unique. The very design of the Pump isrevolutionary: it fits inside the bra. The entire pumping system canbe used underneath a woman's clothing, offering an unprecedentedlevel of privacy for the nursing mother. But there's much moretechnology behind this little lavender pump.
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All you have to do is just Google absolute truth to begin to get an idea of the cesspool that you are dealing with here. It is not a pretty sight. There is tons of alleged ABSOLUTE TRUTH out there and everybody and their brother seems to have it.....from Religionists like Pat Robertson, Matt Slick.....to atheists like Matt Dillahunty.....to Mathematicians like Stephen Hawking, Godel, Cantor, Turing.....to Philosophers like Bertrand Russell, F.H. Bradley, Ayn Rand.....to self-proclaimed Philosophers like Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio,....etc. But all you have to do is ask any of these Priests to define absolute truth or even give a single example of one, and they will run away from the argument with their tails between their legs.
No! Such accusations are strawmen. These dishonest individuals do not wish to concede defeat. They cant afford to because its embarrassing. The word absolute had this standard contradictory meaning imposed on it during its conception, over 2500 years ago. Again, the Priest who acts like a Philosopher needs to educate himself before using strawman arguments to obfuscate his ignorance from the audience. A Philosopher is expected to be an honest, educated, intelligent and rational individual who can grab the bull by the horns and justify his argument for the audience. So-called Philosophers who FAITHFULLY DECREE absolutes are not intellectuals. They either need to educate themselves on the definition of absolute, or stop lying to the audience....there is no other option!
These Priests of Philosophy are quick to break out the bottle of champagne in celebration of the argument which they won in their own mind. But, they are quite embarrassed when a member of the audience stands up and asks them to define absolute and truth. What is funnier is that they cannot even give a single example of a statement which resolves to absolute truth.
A: They cant! Absolutes are impossible. Now you understand why Priests and Pop-Philosophers run and hide when a member of the audience stands up and asks them to DEFINE absolute in no ambiguous terms. Only a dishonest person will refuse to define and justify their argument, or even refuse to concede they were ignorant on the issue.
'Absolute', 'truth', universe, exist, object, concept, etc. are just words in language. We must define them objectively (without synonyms or negative predication) to ensure they are unambiguous and non-contradictory. Absolute in Philosophy means independent, permanent, observer-less and not subject to qualification or relation. Relative means subject to RELATION(S), dependent on circumstances, context or an observers point-of-view. The absolute is FAITHFULLY DECREED by Religionists and Pop-Philosophers to be free from relations, circumstances or points of view. The absolute is a self-refuting concept because it is dependent on relations, even though it is unwittingly decreed to be relation-free by its proponents.
So when we put the qualifier of absolute in front of the word truth,....as in absolute truth.... we are actually qualifying the concept of truth by necessitating that it is valid in every possible circumstance. This follows directly from the definition of the absolute.
WHY ARE ABSOLUTES AND ABSOLUTE TRUTHS IMPOSSIBLE?
These are the tough analytical issues that the proponent of absolute truth has to understand and explain to the audience. The audience demands objectivity! The audience demands a rational explanation of WHY an alleged statement of absolute truth, actually is as-advertised. If the proponent cannot demonstrate this to the audience.....if he cannot justify how he VALIDATED such an alleged absolute statement to be true in every possible circumstance....then the proponent of absolute truth is a snake-oil salesman....a liar, a con-artist. And he should be exposed accordingly!
German philosophers after Kant such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel, known as the German idealists, returned to speculative metaphysics and developed various theories based upon their understanding of the absolute. The concept of absoluteness was then adopted into a neo-Hegelian British idealism, where it received an almost mystical exposition at the hands of F.H. Bradley. Bradley (followed by others including Timothy L.S. Sprigge) conceived the absolute as a single all-encompassing experience, along the lines of Shankara and Advaita Vedanta. Likewise, Josiah Roycein the United States conceived the absolute as a unitary Knower whose experience constitutes what we know as the external world.
Oxford Dictionary:
Ever since Religionists usurped the title of Philosopher at the dawn of Christian Apologetics, many people came on board and in-tune with this Philosophy (for lack of a better word). Today we have a situation where Atheistic and Theistic Philosophers alike only disagree on the concept of God, but are in complete agreement on most other issues....including absolute truth and creation. Absolute truth is an impossible concept which was initially conceived by Religionists. They refer to their Bibles and scriptures as the Absolute Truth which was handed to them by God. And rightfully so, because an absolute truth is necessarily an ETERNAL TRUTH (has no limitations and is not subject to time) which is true forever and ever, amen! God is alleged to be eternal, and so is His truth.
Absolute Truth: An ETERNAL truth which is alleged to be true forever and ever, Amen! Absolute truth necessarily needs to be validated for every possible circumstance because it has no restrictions. If at this point you refuse to understand why absolute truth is the Hallmark of Religion, then you obviously have your own Religion to protect....sorry!
You see, the proponent of the word absolute is saying to the audience that this word is supposed to conceptualize that which has no relations. That is, an absolute implies a stand-alone concept which https://www.medela.com/breastfeeding/products/breast-pumps is free from any relation/dependency or restriction. On the other hand, that which has relations is said to be relative.
It takes a human observer to establish relations. Relations dont get magically self-conceived from the void. God doesnt wave his magic wand and establish conceptual relations in outer space.
2) Is it TRUE that TRUTH is correct? What standard does one use as a benchmark for testing and evaluating TRUTH to be correct? They obviously cannot use truth!!!
c) It is impossible for anyone to validate a proposition in such a way as to show that it is universally valid and WITHOUT relations i.e. valid for EVERY POSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE! It is impossible for a person to validate a proposition to be free from restrictions related to time, to place or to any person (observer). Just how do you propose we can do this? Just how do you propose we can justify a proposition as being absolute truth? Do we just have FAITH that it is so? Do we believe a Pop-Philosopher on YouTube who unwittingly claims it to be so? Do we ask our Priest to bless it and make it so? Do we ask God to intervene and force it to be so? I didnt see your answer to any of these questions!
Absolute in Philosophy: Something regarded as independent of and unrelated to anything else.
Those who disagree, all they need to do is answer the following questions for the audience:
All concepts are necessarily RELATIVE to at least 2 somethings/nouns, whether they are objects or other concepts. Without first establishing a relation (i.e. a restrictive point of reference), we cannot even conceive of a concept or even hope to impose a meaning to it.
1) Conception.
Q: So how do humans validate or prove a statement as truth? What magical powers do they use?
Remember: TRUTH = OPINION.
As we have seen, the absolute in Philosophy has been conceived by humans to refer that that which is independent, permanent and not subject to any kind of observer, restriction, condition, qualification or relation. It is the antonym of the Philosophical term, the relative, which necessitates observers, dependencies, restrictions, references and relations.
Any intelligent person, who claims there are absolutes, should have no problem justifying their claim with a non-contradictory definition of their term, followed by an example of an absolute.
New World Encyclopedia:
Absolute in Philosophy: that which is totally unconditioned.
INTRODUCTION
A: For many reasons; some of which are:
Q: If it is impossible to conceive of the absolute or even define it, then how can anyone possibly validate and resolve something as being absolute? I mean, they dont even know or understand what an absolute is.....so how can they possibly validate an absolute?
As with Spinoza, Hegel attempted to explain the creation of the world without the notion of creation. Hegel developed a pantheistic concept of the absolute and its relationship with the phenomenal world.
A: This is an easy question to answer. Just combine these two words and grammatically apply the Philosophical qualification of the absolute.
ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS THE HALLMARK OF RELIGION
This article exposes the Religion of The Absolute. You will understand why the "absolute" is the Hallmark of Religion and the Opium of Fanatics. We will explain why the word absolute ultimately resolves as a synonym of the word RELATIVE. Furthermore, you will understand why these Priests of Philosophy dont want you to read this article and understand the critical analytical issues behind the words absolute and truth. Your ignorance is their blessing. After all, they have surreptitiously fooled you into having FAITH in absolutes; so they do deserve some credit.
2) In its attempted definition, the absolute is NEGATIVELY predicated. What is negative is always in RELATION to its opposite. So we already have established a relation to something whether we like it or not. Furthermore, it is impossible for negative predicated sentences to describe or define anything. As such, they are meaningless. Only definitions which are predicated in the positive sense can convey a specific meaning. For example: To say your car is not red, you arent describing what color your car is. Justice and the number 7 are not red either. Any word you can imagine can be said to be not red and the sentence is SYNTACTICALLY correct. But it is not CONTEXTUALLY correct because it has not attributed anything specific to the subject; i.e. it has no meaning! Other attempted definitions for absolute contain negated synonyms. Synonyms, whether negated or not, are NOT definitions. Synonyms are labels which are repetitive; i.e. rhetorical. They convey no meaning.
ummm, duh,....are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes? See, gotcha....there are absolutes. Also, that there are no absolutes, is an absolute statement. Ha ha, gotcha again, I win!
For example, Matt Slick of CARM.org blindly asserts that Logical Absolutes (a term invented by him) are concepts which transcend space and time.
Ignorance is never an excuse. To refuse to acknowledge the Philosophical History behind the absolute, and to refuse to concede that they did NOT do their homework on the issue.....well....that is just childish....this is intellectual dishonesty. This is called FRAUD! Nobody should ever mistake these Priests for Philosophers. A real Philosopher can DEFINE the key terms in their argument, and provide a non-contradictory explanation to JUSTIFY their argument.
The term absolute denotes whatever is free from any condition or restriction, and independent from any other element or factor. As with other concepts such as infinite, perfection, eternity, and others, absolute can be articulated only by negating finite concepts.
WHAT IS ABSOLUTE TRUTH?
Obviously, the word absolute cannot be defined in no ambiguous terms, much less be used consistently in any context. It is impossible to objectively define any word which is free from relations to something else.
So these are the analytical definitions which make all the Absolute Truthers out there run away! It is these issues which make or break a Priests insatiable claim that there are absolutes. If those Priests, who erroneously call themselves Philosophers, had a basic introduction to Philosophy 101, they would understand the Philosophical and analytical ramifications behind the formidable words: absolute and truth.
In his agonized search to find an absolute, Bertrand Russell crossed paths with legendary Philosophers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, Kurt Gdel, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. But Russells most ambitious goal (to establish absolute logical foundations of mathematics) eluded him for the rest of his life. Russell persisted in this fruitless mission (to show that math is absolute) until it threatened to claim both his career and his personal happiness. Russell was so ignorant as to what exactly this God-like term, the absolute, entailed....that his relentless pursuit for the absolute finally drove him to the brink of insanity. Godel, Cantor, Turing and Boltzmann had the same experience as Russell, but it drove them to commit suicide.
Ask yourself this: Can YOU justify your argument without contradictions when it comes to asserting absolute truth?
b) We are qualifying the relation TRUTH with the contradictory qualifier ABSOLUTE. We are attempting to impose an impossible attribute or qualifier to truth. But the word truth is necessarily relational because it invokes an observer who is required to VALIDATE a proposition before he can declare it as true. So, what does the qualifier absolute demand from an observers validation of truth? See (c).
For all intents and purposes, you can use the word truth as a synonym to the word opinion in every scenario, and you will not change the context or meaning of your dissertation. Just try it and see for yourself.
3) The absolute is one of those peculiar contradictory concepts which imply eternity. Why? Because what is said to be absolute is not restricted to any particular time frame. So to claim that a proposition is absolute is to claim that said proposition can be validated to be the case for all of eternity....forever in the past and forever in the future. This is impossible.
Absolute in Philosophy: The Absolute is the concept of an unconditional reality which transcends limited, conditional, everyday existence. It is sometimes used as an alternate term for "God" or "the Divine. It contrasts with finite things, considered individually, and known collectively as the relative.
A: Because a concept is a RELATION.
a) We are combining two words which are both concepts, and hence, relations. So what we end up with is a concept which is necessarily NOT free from relation. Whenever we use absolute truth in a proposition, we are tacitly ascribing relativity to that proposition.
ABSOLUTE TRUTH objectively resolves to none other than RELATIVE OPINION.
The proponent of absolute truth cannot expect to fool everyone with his bankrupt concept of truth. He certainly cannot fool any intelligent person with his sleight-of-hand tricks. Oh, but he tries....he easily fools those intellectually lazy folks who never bother to critically analyse claims these days. Most people are very comfortable to be spoon-fed everything without questioning it. They have no problem swallowing any claim on faith, including claims of absolute truth....as long as it comes from an alleged authority. How sweet is that?
Absolute in Philosophy: A value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things.
We have rationally explained why: ABSOLUTE TRUTH = RELATIVE OPINION!
I shall reiterate a hundred times that immediate certainty, like absolute knowledge and thing in itself, contains a contradictio in adjecto [contradiction in terms]: we really ought to get free from the seduction of words! -- Friedrich Nietzsche (BGEI.16).
Some people may be surprised to discover tons of self-professed Messiahs of Philosophy on the Internet, especially on YouTube. What is not surprising is that almost none of them have bothered to educate themselves on the 2500-year-old Philosophical concept called the absolute. These Priests of Philosophy have no qualms about claiming that there are absolutes or absolute truth. What kills their claims is that they cannot define the key words that make or break their argument: absolute and truth. They are merely parroting what they heard from the grapevine:
When the term absolute is applied to existence, the absolute can be understood as a being whose essence is existence. If the existence of a being is dependent on others, it cannot be absolute. Hence, God was characterized as a unique being whose essence is existence. Anselm of Canterbury used this argument for his Ontological argument for the existence of God.
ABSOLUTE TRUTH = RELATIVE OPINION!
PHILOSOPHERS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR ABSOLUTES FOR THE PAST 2500 YEARS!!!
Any takers??
A: Their subjective and limited sensory system!
But since truth ultimately stems from the validation of propositions, it necessitates an observer who must VALIDATE the proposition before they can label it as true or false. It is obvious that the word truth is ultimately dependent on a dynamic process that an observer must perform before labeling a proposition as true/false. This process of validation is called PROOF. A proposition labelled as true/false is always dependent on a human observers ability to use their magical powers to validate it as such.
Contrary to what is claimed by the ignorant, all truth is not absolute. There are two different categories conceived by humans:
Aristotle placed a study of god (theology) as the first philosophy for the reason that it deals with the unmoved mover of all phenomenal. For Aristotle, the ultimate principle [absolute] had to be that which is unconditional and independent, which has no prior condition whatsoever.
We already hear the Priests and Pop-Philosophers retorting: YOU ARE IMPOSING AN IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD ON THE WORD ABSOLUTE! You are creating an impossible case to prop your argument.
But....and here is the big BUT that most people do not understand: all words that any living entity can conceive; whether a human, an alien or even God Himself....are necessarily relations.
Absolute in Philosophy: The term Absolute denotes unconditioned and/or independence in the strongest sense.
The term absolute is a Philosophical concept which has had a standard meaning since its first human conception. This article uses the standard Philosophical meaning of the absolute. Lets have a quick look at the standard Philosophical definition and usage of this word in the past 2500 years by citing some references. Note that this is not an argument from authority, as this article does NOT use these references to justify any argument. These references are simply used to justify the CONTEXT of what this article is about; i.e. the standard Philosophical concept of the absolute.
3) Validation.
So in this context, when the term absolute is applied to existence it means ETERNAL. For one to say that my car exists is absolutely true....one would have to argue that their car existed eternally. This leads to contradictions. We will see later that absolute truth is the Hallmark of Religion because it is necessarily an ETERNAL TRUTH by definition.
Plato identified the good, which he characterized as permanently existing by itself in the incorporeal world, as the ultimate principle. The good, for Plato, was the absolute. Its goodness was, he argued, established by itself without recourse to any other thing whatsoever.
So when a dictionary, like Oxford for example, claims that an absolute is a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things....then it is contradicting itself. Sure, a person may regard or believe it to be without relation to other things, but belief doesnt make it so. In fact, it is impossible because ALL concepts are relations!
When we combine the words ABSOLUTE + TRUTH, it is clearly evident that:
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. Friedrich Nietzsche: Human, All-too-Human
Since the concept of truth is ultimately dependent on a humans subjective use of their limited sensory system, it is easy to understand why all truths are subjective; i.e. opinions. Truth is an observer-dependent human-related concept that is inherently subjective. As such, it necessarily resolves to none other than opinion! This limited anthropocentric concept cannot possibly be objective. What is TRUE to you, is a LIE to your neighbor! Your Priest may have convinced YOU of the truth for God, dark matter, black holes, warped space and energy, but he hasnt convinced your neighbor. Truths are inherently biased. Truth is what is dear to YOUR heart & soul, only. Truth means that the Priest had his way with you while you were in the confession box.
Concept: A relation between two or more objects.
Truth: This is your regular plain-Jane vanilla truth. It is a STATIC truth which must be validated at a cross-section in time; at this instant (i.e. now). Suppose you showcase your "already-validated" truth proposition to an audience who doesnt believe your alleged truth. Then your only option is to re-validate your proposition as "true" in front of a live audience and convince them right there and then!
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUTH AND ABSOLUTE TRUTH?
If not, then you are nothing but a Priest. Only Priests make unfounded assertions and have no rational argument to justify them.
Since the absolute is a concept that is decreed to be free from restriction or condition, it follows that it must NOT have any relations. Otherwise it will be relative to something and not absolute. So any attempt at a definition refutes it!
WHAT IS TRUTH?
NOTE: The reader is encouraged to watch the Dangerous Knowledge video series on YouTube in order understand the intellectual failures that Godel, Cantor, Turing and Boltzmann experienced during their pursuit of the absolute. It drove them to insanity and suicide....and yet we have Priests on the Internet this very second who preach that they KNOW of "absolute truth". If the Priests of today have "absolute truth", then Russell, Godel, Cantor, Turing and Boltzmann must have been babbling idiots, right??
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_truth
Obviously, the proponents of the absolute have not given this God-like word any thought, much less any basic analysis. No wonder they parrot this word without even understanding its underlying contradictions.
WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTE?
So, what do we objectively have before us after this critical analysis of absolute truth?
The Free Dictionary:
As a concept, the word absolute is necessarily dependent on an observer-established RELATION between two or more objects. Only what is RELATIVE can be subject to RELATIONS. And anything observer-established is always relative (as opposed to absolute). What is declared as absolute should have NO dependencies to established relations. But the concept of absolute does have these imposed restrictions! Therefore the absolute is a self-refuting (contradictory) concept. It cannot even be conceptualized. It is only dogmatically decreed to be what it is CLAIMED to be. The absolute is an impossible concept because it necessarily has conditions/dependencies/relations, ....even though its proponents CLAIM that it doesnt. This is clearly dishonest because it fools so many people who arent able to subject it to a rigorous analysis.
Greek philosophers did not explicitly elaborate on the absolute, but, the idea of an ultimate principle drove their inquiries forward. In addition, while medieval philosophers did not use the term absolute, their thoughts on God were the first explicit elaborations on the absolute. Major philosophers who have dealt with the Absolute include the German Idealists such as Schelling, Kant, and Hegel, and British philosophers such as Herbert Spencer, William Hamilton, Bernard Bosanquet, Francis Bradley, and Thomas Hill Green, and American idealist philosopher Josiah Royce.
An absolute truth, is a truth stemming from a proposition which is VALIDATED by an observer to be TRUE in every possible circumstance. i.e. this proposition is validated to be necessarily TRUE irrespective of any kind of dependency, restriction, qualification or relation which can be conceived by anyone. For...if anyone can conceive of any circumstance in which the proposition is not true, then just what the hell makes it absolute??
Wikipedia:
What do all these people and their contradictory doctrines have in common? They are all divorced from reality! Irrespective of whether they call themselves Philosopher, Free-Thinker, theist, atheist or agnostic....there is no difference. They have FAITH in contradictory absolutes, but have no argument to justify their incessant fetish in the absolute. What they do have though, is a Religion built around the absolute, just like Christianity does.
The word truth is a concept which has been conceived by humans for use as a conceptual label of validation on statement types known as propositions. Propositions are statements which propose an alleged case or scenario. This anthropocentric concept of truth is unwittingly used by many people to intentionally decree a label of validated acceptance (i.e. true) or of validated rejection (i.e. false) to propositional statements.
The word absolute is conceptually no different than the word marriedbachelor. They are both contradictions.
Anybody wanna step in the lions den and answer these questions for the audience? Are you scared to answer because you will expose your Religion of Truth, or because you dont know? Be honest with yourself.
2) Definition.
From New World Encyclopedia: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Absolute_(philosophy)
Any critical thinker can reason and explain why the "absolute" is an irrational and impossible concept. It has enjoyed a faithful, ambiguous and contradictory rhetorical definition for the past 2500 years. And this is because most people have not been exposed to the rigorous analysis presented in this article. And even if they are, some will simply ignore it because it destroys their Religion! It's time to bury this faithful nonsensical term. Ignorance is not an excuse. Sophistry and lies will not be tolerated in academia.
It is very clear that the Internet Personas who profess the doctrine of the absolute are ignorant on the Philosophical issue and its ramifications. They are not critical thinkers. They dont understand the topic nor the arguments that have been revolving around this term for thousands of years. Since the Greeks conceived of it over 2500 years ago, Philosophers have been struggling to this day to demonstrate or "prove" a single absolute. This is profound.
NOTE:
"What is absolutely true is always correct, everywhere, all the time, under any condition. An entity's ability to discern these things is irrelevant to that state of truth." - Steven Robiner
1) As explained above, the concept of absolute and its context are necessarily dependent of relations.
Collins Dictionary:
Both theists and atheists alike are oblivious to the fact that any alleged absolute is self-refuting and impossible. Even their High Priests, like Pat Robertson, Benny Hinn, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Matt Dillahunty, etc. havent been able to justify anything as absolute.
Q: What is the reason why any attempted definition of absolute is really NOT a definition?
In logic, or the consideration of valid arguments, a proposition is said to have universality if it can be conceived as being true in all possible contexts without creating a contradiction. Some philosophers have referred to such propositions as universalizable. Truth is considered to be universal if it is valid in all times and places. In this case, it is seen as eternal or as absolute.
And more embarrassing for them is that their silly childish questions are not even arguments....THEY ARE TRICKS! These trick questions have a very simple ANTIDOTE. Click on this link to see their tricks exposed:
1. We have rationally demonstrated that the word ABSOLUTE actually resolves to none other than the word RELATIVE when subjected to critical analysis.
There is no word that is stand-alone without a reference to something else. For if there was such an alleged word, it would have NO meaning. Neither we nor God would even be able to understand what such an alleged word is trying to imply or signify. So even if God tries to invent such a word and call it absolute...this word would be meaningless, not only to us, but to God Himself. It is no different than God inventing the word klamokaptica as a stand-alone word; i.e. without relating it to something else for the purposes of giving it meaning and contextual resolution. It would be very foolish of God to claim that He understands what it means. Not even God can fool anyone with such claims.
1) What magical means do they use to resolve their statement as being TRUE? Do they use their sensory system? Do they vote on the issue? Do they ask their Priest, God or a higher authority to decide?
Q: So what does absolute truth mean?
Even Ludwig Wittgenstein came to the realization later in his life that there are no absolute truths. Wittgenstein and Nietzsche destroyed the notion that humans can ever determine a proposition as being certain in reality or absolute.
Nietzsche states that in light of perspectivism the very idea of an absolute truth is unintelligible, so there can be no absolute truth to be known. He writes...
Atheists, on the other hand, BELIEVE that they have access to an absolute truth, but without a God. Atheists will unwittingly claim that 2+2=4 is an Absolute Truth! Meanwhile, they are OBLIVIOUS to the fact that Bertrand Russell (Philosopher & Mathematician Extraordinaire) spent his whole life trying to prove that Mathematics is absolute. So did Godel, Cantor, Turing, Boltzmann and others to no avail. Most of them went insane, were institutionalized and committed suicide.
Obviously not!
When the term absolute qualifies another term (like truth) it decrees that term to be free from any relations, dependencies or restrictions. Unconditional and without relations means that the qualified term must necessarily be applicable to EVERY POSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE! An absolute has no constraints on time, places, people or any other concepts or objects.
2. We have rationally demonstrated that the word TRUTH actually resolves to none other than the word OPINION when subjected to critical analysis.
Because both the concepts of absolute and truth are self-refuting BY DEFINITION. They faithfully assert and promise what they cannot deliver. They are contradictory. A contradiction always shows what is impossible. The "absolute" self-refutes itself in 3 crucial categories as explained below:
If not a single Philosopher in the past 2500 years has been able to demonstrate or justify a SINGLE absolute, .....then what makes these clowns on the Internet today think that they are blessed with the gift of the absolute?
As in German idealism, the question of absolute/relative is also intertwined with questions of transcendence and immanence.
Absolute means by definition a negation of relativity.
I don't mind to educate people on the basics of Philosophy 101, but at least they should have the intellectual honesty to admit that they are clueless on the issues of the absolute. Instead, they are stubborn and blindly march forward as if nothing so they dont tarnish their reputation and Internet Persona. This is why they run away when a member of the audience stands up and asks the tough question: Can you please define your God-like terms: absolute & truth?
Chapter 3 Market Overview 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Market Drivers 3.2.1
Growing Population and Disposable Incomes 3.2.2 Favorable Reimbursement Scenario 3.2.3 Rising Awareness and Availability of Advanced Medical
Technology 3.2.4 Impact Analysis of Market Drivers 3.3 Market Restraints
3.3.1 Pricing of Devices 3.3.2 Impact Analysis of Market Restraints 3.4
Market Opportunities 3.4.1 Tapping Emerging Markets with High Unmet Medical Needs 3.5 Porter's Five Forces Analysis 3.5.1 Bargaining
Power of Buyers 3.5.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 3.5.3 Threat of
Substitutes 3.5.4 Threat of New Entrants 3.5.5 Competitive Rivalry 3.6
Market Attractiveness Analysis: Global Breast Pumps Market, by
Geography, 2011
To order this report: Medical_Equipment_and_Supply Industry : Breast
Pumps Market (Manual, Battery-Powered And Electric Pumps) - Global
Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2012 - 2018
Chapter 7 Recommendations 7.1 Product Improvement and
Differentiation 7.2 Sustaining Pricing Pressures in a Declining Global
Economic Scenario 7.3 Investing in Emerging Markets such as India, China
And Russia 7.4 Mergers and Acquisitions to Enter or Strengthen Market
Presence 7.5 Enhancing Distribution Networks 7.6 Extensive Marketing
Initiatives 7.6.1 Strategic Tie-Ups with Hospitals, Insurance Companies
and Retailers 7.6.2 Organizing Awareness Programs and Rigorous
Advertising
TABLE 1 Prices of Different Types of Breast Pumps, 2012 (USD) TABLE
2 Types of Breast Pumps, by Volume, 2012 (Million Units) TABLE 3 Market
Snapshot: Global Breast Pumps Market TABLE 4 Total World Population,
2000 - 2030 (Millions) TABLE 5 Population by Continent, 1990 - 2050
(Millions) TABLE 6 Population by Continent, 1990 - 2050 (% Distribution)
TABLE 7 Impact Analysis of Market Drivers TABLE 8 Impact Analysis of
Market Restraints TABLE 9 Global Breast Pumps Market, by Pumping System
Types, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) TABLE 10 Global Electric Breast Pumps
Market, by Applications, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) TABLE 11 Global
Breast Pumps Market, by Product Design, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) TABLE
12 Global Breast Pumps Market, by Geography, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million)
TABLE 13 North America Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010 - 2018
(USD Million) TABLE 14 Europe Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010 -
2018 (USD Million) TABLE 15 Asia Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010
- 2018 (USD Million) TABLE 16 Row Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010
- 2018 (USD Million)
Biopsy Devices Market, by Geography North America Europe Asia Rest
of the World (RoW)
Breast Pumps Market, by Pumping System Type Manual Battery-powered
Electric Personal Use Hospital Grade
The market has also been segmented geographically into four regions,
namely, North America, Europe, Asia and RoW, and the respective market
sizes and forecasts have been provided for each of these regions. A
detailed qualitative analysis of the factors responsible for driving and
restraining growth of the global breast pumps market, and future
opportunities is highlighted in the market overview section.
? The global breast pumps market is segmented into the following
categories:
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Chapter 5 Breast Pumps Market, by Geography, 2010 - 2018 (USD
Million) 5.1 Breast Pumps Market, by Geography 5.2 Comparative Analysis:
Breast Pumps Market by Geography, 2011 & 2018 (Value %) 5.3 North
America 5.3.1 North America Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010 -
2018 (USD Million) 5.4 Europe 5.4.1 Europe Breast Pumps Market, by
Segments, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) 5.5 Asia 5.5.1 Asia Breast Pumps
Market, by Segments, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) 5.6 Rest of the World
(Row) 5.6.1 Row Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010 - 2018 (USD
Million)
Chapter 4 Breast Pumps Market, by Segments, 2010 - 2018 (USD
Million) 4.1 Breast Pumps Market, by Pumping System Type 4.1.1
Comparative Analysis: Breast Pumps Market, by Pumping System Type, 2011
& 2018 (Value %) 4.1.2 Manual Pumps 4.1.3 Battery-Powered Pumps
4.1.4 Electric Pumps 4.1.4.1 Personal Use Electric Pumps 4.1.4.2
Hospital Grade Electric Pumps 4.2 Breast Pumps Market, by Product Design
4.2.1 Open System Pumps 4.2.2 Closed System Pumps
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 2 Executive Summary
LIST OF FIGURES
The competitive landscape section includes market share analysis ofall the leading players in this market, for the year 2011.
Some of the major players profiled in this report include Medela,
Inc., Philips AVENT, Ameda Breastfeeding Solutions, Whittlestone, Inc.,
Hygeia Medical Group, and Bailey Medical.
FIG. 1 Breast Pumps: Market Segmentation FIG. 2 Global Breast http://www.medicalsupplygroup.com/t-breast-pumps.aspx Pumps
Market, by Pumping System Types, 2011 (USD Million) FIG. 3 Porter's
Five Forces Analysis: Global Breast Pumps Market FIG. 4 Market
Attractiveness Analysis: Global Breast Pumps Market, by Geography FIG. 5
Comparative Analysis: Breast Pumps Market, by Pumping System Type, 2011
& 2018 (Value %) FIG. 6 Global Manual Breast Pumps Market, 2010 -
2018 (USD Million) FIG. 7 Global Battery-Powered Breast Pumps Market,
2010 - 2018 (USD Million) FIG. 8 Global Personal Use Electric Breast
Pumps Market, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) FIG. 9 Global Hospital Grade
Electric Breast Pumps Market, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) FIG. 10 Global
Open System Breast Pumps Market, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) FIG. 11
Global Closed System Breast Pumps Market, 2010 - 2018 (USD Million) FIG.
12 Comparative Analysis: Breast Pumps Market, by Geography, 2011 &
2018 (Value %) FIG. 13 Breast Pumps: Market Share, by Key Players, 2011
(%) FIG. 14 Annual Revenue: Energizer Holdings, Inc., 2010 - 2012 (USD
Million) FIG. 15 Annual Sales: Royal Philips Electronics NV, 2010 - 2012
(USD Million)(Conversion Rate: 1 Euro = 1.30 USD)
Breast Pumps Market, by Product Design Open System Pumps Closed
System Pumps
Breast pumps are medical devices used for expression of milk by
lactating mothers. The demand for these devices is increasing due to the
rising number of working women and their growing disposable incomes.
This report studies the market for breast pumps from two different
aspects - by pumping system type and by product design. The global
market has been segmented based on these two parameters and market size
estimates and forecasts for the period 2010 to 2018 have been provided
for each of the segments and sub-segments, in terms of USD million. The
CAGR (%) of each market segment for the forecast period of 2012 to 2018
has been given along with market size estimations, considering 2011 as
the base year for all calculations.
Chapter 8 Company Profiles 8.1 Ameda AG 8.1.1 Company Overview 8.1.2
Financial Overview 8.1.3 Product Portfolio 8.1.4 Business Strategies
8.1.5 Recent Developments 8.2 Bailey Medical Engineering 8.2.1 Company
Overview 8.2.2 Financial Overview 8.2.3 Product Portfolio 8.3 Energizer
Holdings, Inc. 8.3.1 Company Overview 8.3.2 Financial Overview 8.3.3
Product Portfolio 8.3.4 Business Strategies 8.3.5 Recent Developments
8.4 Hygeia Medical Group II 8.4.1 Company Overview 8.4.2 Financial
Overview 8.4.3 Product Portfolio 8.5 Medela AG 8.5.1 Company Overview
8.5.2 Financial Overview 8.5.3 Product Portfolio 8.5.4 Business
Strategies 8.5.5 Recent Developments 8.6 Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
8.6.1 Company Overview 8.6.2 Financial Overview 8.6.3 Product Portfolio
8.6.4 Business Strategies 8.6.5 Recent Developments 8.7 Royal Philips
Electronics NV 8.7.1 Company Overview 8.7.2 Financial Overview 8.7.3
Product Portfolio 8.7.4 Business Strategies 8.7.5 Recent Developments
8.8 Whittlestone, Inc. 8.8.1 Company Overview 8.8.2 Financial Overview
8.8.3 Product Portfolio 8.8.4 Business Strategies
