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Presupposition vs Postulation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between presupposition and postulation

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while postulation is the act of postulating or something postulated.

presupposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
  • * 2010 , Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass , Arrow 2011, p. 40:
    • He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
  • The act of presupposing.

    • Synonyms

    * (assumption) assumption, conjecture

    postulation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of postulating or something postulated
  • (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument