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What does presuppose mean?

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  1. To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
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Metaphorical extension does, however, presuppose the recognition of similarities, or correspondences, between the source and the target domains.
Admiration for a great man and his important work does not presuppose uncritical acceptance of all his views.
Causal theories of mental content presuppose that mental contents are underived, hence attempt to explain how underived meaning arises.
Such an argument would have to presuppose that there is somehow something wrong with being gay.
This perception of blindness in terms of social exclusion appears in some passages of the Israelite literature that presuppose the Levitical health care system.
This is because knowledge and direct perception predicates are factive, in that they presuppose the truth of their complements.

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