| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| argument, to cite as example or proof in |
adduce
|
| discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof |
adducer
|
| citing as evidence or proof |
adducing
|
| religion on the basis that there is no proof that God exists, rejection of |
agnosticism
|
| Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040) |
Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
,
al-Haytham
,
Alhacen
,
Alhazen
,
Ibn al-Haytham
|
| set forth without proof |
allege
|
| state without proof |
allege
|
| declare without proof |
allege
|
| claim without or before proof |
allege
|
| proof, supposed but without |
alleged
,
hypothetical
|
| Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God |
Anselm
,
Saint Anselm
,
St. Anselm
|
| unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence |
article of faith
,
conviction
,
strong belief
|
| (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident |
axiom
|
| proof, self-evident |
axiomatic
|
| obvious and needing no proof |
axiomatic
,
self-evident
,
self-explanatory
|
| demand for proof |
challenge
|
| demand proof |
challenge
|
| additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
check
,
confirmation
,
substantiation
,
verification
|
| proof for another proposition, proposition that follows using existing |
corollary
|
| (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition |
corollary
|
