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presupposition
[ pree-suhp-uh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- something that is assumed in advance or taken for granted:
The conflict could have been avoided if the speakers had openly acknowledged the presuppositions that each of them brought to the discussion.
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Other Words From
- pre·sup·po·si·tion·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of presupposition1
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Example Sentences
The key presupposition of the scientist is not “There is no God” but rather “The world speaks truthfully of its nature.”
That matter lasts and cannot disappear is such a presupposition, which comes to us with the necessity of logical thinking.
By “presupposition” is meant a fundamental principle which the psychologist always has in mind.
If that scientific presupposition is absent from Magic and from Religion, it is implicitly present in mechanical behaviour.
For every human presupposition and declaration has as much authority one as another, if reason do not make the difference.
To those that contend upon presupposition we must, on the contrary, presuppose to them the same axiom upon which the dispute is.
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