Premise

The word premise came from Latin "praemisus" meaning "placed in front".

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A premise (sometimes spelled "premiss" in philosophy) is a statement presumed true within the context of a discourse, especially of a logical argument. Often premises are explicitly stated. The accuracy of the conclusion depends on the truth of the premises.

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Premises are land and buildings together considered as a place of business. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about".

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Philosophy: Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. It is the discipline in search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means. The term...

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Logical argument: An argument is an attempt to demonstrate the truth of an assertion called a conclusion, based on the truth of a set of assertions called premises. The process of demonstration of deductive and inductive reasoning shapes the argument, and presumes some kind of communication, which could be part of a ...