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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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Such an argument would have to presuppose that there is somehow something wrong with being gay.
Causal theories of mental content presuppose that mental contents are underived, hence attempt to explain how underived meaning arises.
This is because knowledge and direct perception predicates are factive, in that they presuppose the truth of their complements.
At the same time, to adopt such a course must surely be to presuppose that there is a genuine issue regarding the reality of what is thus accepted.
The works of genius are the 'summum' of civilization, and presuppose utility.
The thing about questions like this is that they presuppose an adversarial relationship with clients, and that's so not the case with me.

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