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pre·sup·po·si·tion [ˌpri:sʌpəˈzɪʃən] N

presupposition

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Every scientist has a set of presuppositions and assumptions that he never questions. en.wikipedia.org

While it does imply presuppositions, it does not take any premise for granted. en.wikipedia.org

Hence, conditional sentences act as "filters" for presuppositions that are triggered by expressions in their consequent. en.wikipedia.org

These currents include accepted structures such as collective sociological presuppositions and myths that are fundamental to society. en.wikipedia.org

He published a series of seminal papers on discourse referents, presuppositions, implicative verbs, conventional implicatures, and questions. en.wikipedia.org

Modern hermeneutics includes both verbal and nonverbal communication as well as semiotics, presuppositions, and preunderstandings. en.wikipedia.org

For him, higher and more significant perceptive abilities are based on the ability to be critically aware of one's presuppositions. en.wikipedia.org

Secondly, the answer to the question relies on an attack of the epistomological presuppositions of a classical rhetoric of science. en.wikipedia.org

It is also possible that the rejection of the participants' presuppositions is resisted, which then might generate a second-order controversy. en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes, however, sentences may carry presuppositions that are not part of the common ground and nevertheless be felicitous. en.wikipedia.org

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