postulation
Claiming without proof
Postulation is the act of assuming or asserting something as a basis for reasoning.
In logic and mathematics, to postulate is to put forward a proposition without proof, treating it as self-evident or as a starting point for further argument: The theory rests on the postulation that all humans act in self-interest.
The word carries a formal, academic tone.
Foundation for logical argument
- suppositionBelief without proof
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · inference · assumption · theory · formulation · conceptualization · ideation · abstraction
Conclusions drawn without proof
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
prediction · forecast · prognostication · estimation · anticipation · projection · divination · presupposition
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
syllogism · argumentation · rationale · proof · derivation · conclusion · demonstration · analysis
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- suppositionBelief without proof
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
conjecture · speculation · inference · assumption · theory · formulation · conceptualization · ideation · abstraction · rationale
guesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- hunchUnproven inner sense
intuition · prediction · forecast · prognostication · estimation · anticipation · projection · divination · presupposition · supposition
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- logicScience of valid reasoning
extrapolation · syllogism · argumentation · rationale · proof · derivation · conclusion · demonstration · analysis · validity
- guessesguess, conjecture, supposition, speculation, surmise
- speculationconjecture, guess, guessing, speculation, hypothesis
- theorizinghypothesis, theory, conjecture, supposition, speculation
- Indian logicsyllogism, fallacy, inference, argumentation, categories
- reasoningreasoning, reason, logic, inference, deductive
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
postulationfact
Verifiable piece of information
proof · certainty · truth · verification · demonstration
postulationdisbelief
Rejection of truth claims
rejection · denial · refutation · disproof · skepticism
postulationconclusion
End or deduction
deduction · inference · derivation · consequence · result