presuppositions

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Presupposition
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presupposition
What is implicitly involved in making an assertion Hence, according to P F Strawson, a presupposition is a necessary condition for either the truth or the falsity of the statement that presupposes it Thus, for example, "My grand-daughter is a smart baby"—whether or not she exhibits intelligent behavior—presupposes that I do, in fact, have at least one female grand-child Recommended Reading: Douglas N Walton, Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning (Erlbaum, 1995) {at Amazon com}; Nirit Kadmon, Formal Pragmatics: Semantics, Pragmatics, Presupposition, and Focus (Blackwell, 2001) {at Amazon com}; and Gennaro Chierchia, Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar (Chicago, 1995) {at Amazon com} Also see OCDL and noesis
presupposition
A presupposition is something that you assume to be true, especially something which you must assume is true in order to continue with what you are saying or thinking. the presupposition that human life must be sustained for as long as possible
presupposition
The act of presupposing
presupposition
A datum that is assumed to be correct but that often isn't voiced explicitly or proven
presupposition
An assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof
presupposition
the foundational element of a world view; a belief which is not inferred from other beliefs either inductively or deductively
presupposition
The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption
presupposition
the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)
presupposition
a generally implicit assumption (though it can be made explicit) underlying a claim or a process of inference
presupposition
That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise
presupposition
1 - Something that has to be taken for granted for a behavior or statement to make sense 2 - The linguistic equivalents to assumptions Of NLP, Convenient beliefs or assumptions you make when you are doing therapy with someone
presupposition
{i} early assumption, prior conjecture, previous presumption