presupposition

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noun the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”).

Nothing is left to the imagination, the presupposition, or the prejudices of the observer. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
For every human presupposition and declaration has as much authority one as another, if reason do not make the difference. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
We find this transcendental presupposition lurking in different forms in the principles of philosophers, although they have neither recognized it nor confessed to themselves its presence. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant

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