postulatory
Claiming without proof
Postulatory describes something that involves or has the nature of a postulate—an assumption or claim taken as a starting point for reasoning.
In philosophy and logic, postulatory statements are those asserted without proof as the basis for further argument.
The theorem rests on several postulatory foundations.
The term appears most often in academic and technical contexts where the structure of arguments is being analyzed.
Self-evident starting principle
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- givenAccepted as fact
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
foundational · self-evident · a priori · stipulated · presupposed · unproven · assumed · basic
Condensed version of text
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
philosophical · logical · analytical · propositional · systematic · formal · reasoned · inferential
Guess based on incomplete evidence
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
- hypothesizePropose a tentative explanation
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
suppose · infer · extrapolate · posit · propose · presume · deduce · reason
axiom
Self-evident starting principle
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- givenAccepted as fact
assumption · foundational · self-evident · a priori · stipulated · presupposed · unproven · assumed · basic · fundamental
abstract
Condensed version of text
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
deductive · philosophical · logical · analytical · propositional · systematic · formal · reasoned · inferential · rational
speculate
Guess based on incomplete evidence
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
- hypothesizePropose a tentative explanation
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
conjecture · suppose · infer · extrapolate · posit · propose · presume · deduce · reason · formulate
postulatoryempirical
Based on observation, not theory
evidential · evidence-based · observational · experimental · inductive
postulatorydemonstrative
Openly showing emotions
proven · derived · deduced · concluded · inferential
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