hypothesis
postulate
presume
basic assumption
self-evident truth
constatation
bite the bullet
given
precondition
presumption
circular argument
vicious circle
regress
reasoning backward
suppositum
premiss
assumption
premise
illation
stipulation
inference
condition
say
arguendo
axiom
implicant
where someone is coming from
epsilontics
conjecture
petitionarily
apodictic
motivated reasoning
without loss of generality
rational motive
line of reasoning
argument
logical argument
line
argumentation
go with one's gut
ignoratio elenchi
elench
postulation
assuming
pretence
suggestion
reductio ad absurdum
deep rhetoric
logic
presumably
does someone look like
heroic assumption
presumptively
abductive
implicational
conditional proof
strengthen
anacrisis
reason
tautology
plausibility
derivation
discursion
reasoned
posit
dialectic
pseudologic
presupposition
baseless
what
perfect pitch
critical thinking
legal fiction
disconfirmation
health warning
falsificationist
wishcast
consideration
factualization
see an argument
foreguess
unreason
matter of fact
speculate
givenness
petitio
petitio principii
enthymeme
corollary
predication
well-grounded
put one's money where one's mouth is

English words for 'An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.'

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