positing
Assuming as true
Positing is the act of putting forward a proposition, assumption, or hypothesis as the basis for argument or reasoning.
It's slightly more formal than simply suggesting or claiming: The theory posits that early humans migrated in waves.
To posit something is to assert it as a starting point, often without definitive proof: Let's posit that the market will recover by next quarter.
Testable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- postulationAssuming something as given
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
deduction · reasoning · abstraction · premise · axiom · assumption · framework · paradigm
Declaring something true
- declaringFormally stating something
- statingExpressing in words
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- contendingStriving in rivalry
assuming · supposing · presuming · claiming · hypothesizing · suggesting · advancing · setting forth
Systematic fact-finding effort
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
publication · methodology · analysis · discourse · epistemology · ontology · philosophical · theoretical
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- postulationAssuming something as given
inference · deduction · reasoning · abstraction · premise · axiom · assumption · framework · paradigm · model
affirming
Declaring something true
- declaringFormally stating something
- statingExpressing in words
- maintainingKeeping in condition
contending · assuming · supposing · presuming · claiming · hypothesizing · suggesting · advancing · setting forth · laying down
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
scholarly · publication · methodology · analysis · discourse · epistemology · ontology · philosophical · theoretical · empirical
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- conjecturinghypothesizing, theorizing, speculating, conjecturing, supposing
- Fichtestriving, limitation
- guidingadvising, directing, guiding, instructing, leading
positingproving
Establishing validity through evidence
demonstrating · establishing · verifying · confirming · substantiating
positingdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
retracting · rejecting · refuting · withdrawing · disavowing
positingquestioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
doubting · challenging · disputing · contesting · querying
- stay positiveMaintain a hopeful mindset
- be positiveMaintain hopeful attitude
- think positiveMaintain hopeful mental attitude
- fetal positionCurled, knees drawn up
- in positionCorrectly situated, prepared
- positive thinkingHopeful mental outlook
position, positive, composition, positively, positions, proposition, imposition, positivity, deposition