constatation

Thân thiện

The constatation that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius is fundamental to the experiment.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A basic assumption fundamental to an argument: A constatation is a foundational statement or premise that is taken as a given or an established fact within the context of a discussion or line of reasoning. It is a point of departure that is not questioned in the immediate argument.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The entire philosophical treatise rested on the initial constatation that human perception is inherently subjective.
  • Before we can debate the policy's effects, we must agree on the basic constatation that climate change is occurring.

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, academic, or philosophical discourse: The term is primarily used in formal contexts such as logic, philosophy, law, or critical theory to denote a foundational premise.
  • The legal argument proceeded from the constatation of the defendant's presence at the scene.

Variants and Related Words

• Constant (adj): Unchanging, continuous. (Note: This is a different word, but it shares a Latin root with ).
• Constative (adj): In speech-act theory, describing an utterance that states a fact.

Synonyms

• Premise: A statement or proposition from which another is inferred.
• Postulate: A thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning.
• Axiom: A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

Related Phrases

• To take as a constatation: To accept something as a foundational given.
  • The researcher took the historical data as a constatation for her economic model.

Related Idioms

• To stand on a constatation: (A formal idiom) To base one's argument on an established, unquestioned fact.
  • His theory stands on the constatation that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an assumption that is basic to an argument

Từ đồng nghĩa

• basic assumption
• self-evident truth