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presupposition

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The key presupposition of the scientist is not “There is no God” but rather “The world speaks truthfully of its nature.”

That matter lasts and cannot disappear is such a presupposition, which comes to us with the necessity of logical thinking.

By “presupposition” is meant a fundamental principle which the psychologist always has in mind.

If that scientific presupposition is absent from Magic and from Religion, it is implicitly present in mechanical behaviour.

For every human presupposition and declaration has as much authority one as another, if reason do not make the difference.

To those that contend upon presupposition we must, on the contrary, presuppose to them the same axiom upon which the dispute is.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to presupposition, such as: acceptance, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, and guess.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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