Presupposition vs Assumption - What's the difference?
presupposition | assumption |
An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
* 2010 , Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass , Arrow 2011, p. 40:
The act of presupposing.
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.
Assumption is a synonym of presupposition.
As nouns the difference between presupposition and assumption
is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while assumption is the act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.presupposition
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Noun
(en noun)- He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
Synonyms
* (assumption) assumption, conjectureassumption
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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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