Premise vs Assumption - What's the difference?
premise | assumption |
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
* (William Shakespeare)
(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
* Dr. H. More
(usually, in the plural, legal) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
(usually, in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).
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, title= To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
To make a premise.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
* Addison
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
* Shakespeare
* E. Darwin
The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
In lang=en terms the difference between premise and assumption
is that premise is any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced while assumption is the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.As nouns the difference between premise and assumption
is that premise is a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition while assumption is the act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.As a verb premise
is to state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.premise
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Alternative forms
* (archaic), premissNoun
(en noun)- The premises observed, / Thy will by my performance shall be served.
- While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises , accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
Coordinate terms
* conclusionDerived terms
* major premise * minor premiseVerb
(premis)- I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
- the premised flames of the last day
- if venesection and a cathartic be premised
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*Anagrams
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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