ext_346115 ([identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-07-05 09:09 pm (UTC)

hy·poth·e·sis (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypothesis)

1.
a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.

2.
a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.


Now, care to address my working hypothesis, or shall we remain eternally stuck into semantic quibbles?

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