Noun
The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.
That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEverything turns on mastering the gap between the presupposition (that must be rejected) of a being of the one and the thesis of its 'there is. Alain Badiou
The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. Aldrich Ames
The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further problem. James Mark Baldwin
Another dialectical resolution of disagreement is by denying a presupposition of the contending thesis and antithesis; thereby, proceeding to sublation (transcendence) to synthesis, a third thesis. Source: Internet
In fact, if we consider evidence rather than presupposition, remembering appears to be far more decisively an affair of construction rather than one of mere reproduction." Source: Internet
To study NT theology and ethics and leave Jesus out of the equation, or relegate him and his teaching to a presupposition for or addendum to NT thought is a huge mistake, and we strove to avoid that mistake in these volumes. Source: Internet