presuppositions
Taken for granted
Presuppositions are assumptions built into a statement that must be true for the statement to make sense.
The question When did you stop cheating? presupposes you were cheating.
In philosophy and linguistics, presuppositions are the unstated background beliefs a speaker takes for granted.
Identifying hidden presuppositions is central to critical thinking and argument analysis.
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- suppositionsUnverified beliefs or guesses
- postulatesAssumed starting principles
- givensAccepted starting truths
- axiomsAccepted starting principles
hypotheses · taken-for-granted · preconceptions · preconditions · starting points · working assumptions
Not verbally expressed
- unstatedNot openly expressed
- tacitUnderstood without words
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- taken-for-grantedPresumed without acknowledgment
assumed · unexpressed · silent · background · hidden · covert · subconscious · unacknowledged
What initiates action
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
- assertionConfident statement of fact
Opinions formed beforehand
- prejudgmentsOpinions formed beforehand
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- blind spotsUnperceived areas of awareness
cognitive bias · confirmation bias · implicit bias · unconscious bias · cultural bias · systemic bias
Relating to knowledge theory
- ontologicalConcerning existence's nature
- a prioriIndependent of experience
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- phenomenologicalRelating to conscious experience study
hermeneutic · foundationalism · necessary conditions · Frege · felicity conditions · common ground
premises
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- suppositionsUnverified beliefs or guesses
- postulatesAssumed starting principles
- givensAccepted starting truths
axioms · hypotheses · taken-for-granted · preconceptions · preconditions · starting points · working assumptions
unspoken
Not verbally expressed
- unstatedNot openly expressed
- tacitUnderstood without words
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
taken-for-granted · assumed · unexpressed · silent · background · hidden · covert · subconscious · unacknowledged · unvoiced
trigger
What initiates action
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
preconceptions
Opinions formed beforehand
- prejudgmentsOpinions formed beforehand
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
blind spots · cognitive bias · confirmation bias · implicit bias · unconscious bias · cultural bias · systemic bias
epistemological
Relating to knowledge theory
- ontologicalConcerning existence's nature
- a prioriIndependent of experience
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
phenomenological · hermeneutic · foundationalism · necessary conditions · Frege · felicity conditions · common ground
- Assumptionsfalse assumption, stereotypes, generalizations, biases, prejudices
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- worldviewworldview, perspective, outlook, belief system, ideology
- NLPtokenization, natural language processing, NLP, parsing, stemming
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
- Hypnotherapyhypnotherapy, trance, deepening, progressive relaxation, Milton Erickson
presuppositionsconclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
inferences · deductions · logical consequences · discoveries · findings