posit
Noun
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referred to in: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inferenceis a type of: proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or falsesubtypes:
- bayes' postulate - (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
- assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
same as: postulate
Verb
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is a type of: presuppose, suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehandsame as: postulate
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