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- Dictionarypostulation/ˌpɒstjʊˈleɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a suggestion or assumption of the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: "discrepancies between empirical findings and theoretical postulations"
- 2. (in ecclesiastical law) a nomination or election of someone to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority.
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4 days ago · predication: 1 n (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument Synonyms: postulation Type of: declaration a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
- Declaration
An emphatic statement — either written or spoken — is called...
- Postulation
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to...
- Postulational
postulational: 1 adj of or relating to or derived from...
- Declaration
3 days ago · postulational: 1 adj of or relating to or derived from axioms “"the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens” Synonyms: axiomatic , axiomatical
1 day ago · From July 9-11, 2024, bishops from the episcopal region of Java visited the Oblate Mission in Cilacap, Indonesia. This visit was part of their meeting on the Island of Java.
3 days ago · The prestige of the Nobel Prize stems in part from the considerable research that goes into the selection of the prizewinners. Although the winners are announced in October and November, the selection process begins in the early autumn of the preceding year, when the prize-awarding institutions invite more than 6,000 individuals to propose, or nominate, candidates for the prizes.
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21 hours ago · Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) The Fermi paradox is a conflict between the argument that scale and probability seem to favor intelligent life being common in the universe, and the total lack of evidence of intelligent life having ever arisen anywhere other than on Earth. The first aspect of the Fermi paradox is a function of the scale or the large ...
2 days ago · Philosophy of mind - Functionalism, Mental States, Cognitive Science: The fact that mental terms seem to be applied in ensembles led a number of philosophers to think about technical ways of defining an entire set of terms together. Perhaps, they thought, words like belief, desire, thought, and intention could be defined in the way a physicist might simultaneously define mass, force, and energy in terms of each other and in relation to other terms. The American philosopher David Lewis (1941 ...
2 days ago · The term is impossible to define except in terms that are unintelligible without a grasp of what consciousness means. Many fall into the trap of equating consciousness with self-consciousness—to be conscious it is only necessary to be aware of the external world. Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to ...
