Associations to the word «Postulation»

Wiktionary

POSTULATION, noun. The act of postulating or something postulated
POSTULATION, noun. (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument

Dictionary definition

POSTULATION, noun. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument.
POSTULATION, noun. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke