Logical Presupposition

What is logical presupposition? How should it be defined?

While theories are answers to questions presuppose theories. The concept of logical presupposition is meant to denote the logical (as opposed to epistemic) aspect of the relation of presupposition.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan and Nichole Levesley in 2021. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

• A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, iff the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 August 2021	This is when Barseghyan and Levesley's Question Dynamics that offered a definition of the term was published. This is a good indication that the question of how the term is to be defined is considered legitimate by the community.	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)	A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, iff the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question.	2021

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)	6 February 2023

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2021-0001	Scientonomy	1 August 2021	Accept the definitions of logical presupposition and epistemic presupposition.	Accepted	It was emphasized that the "modification is appealing given the presence of questions as a basic class of epistemic element in our ontology and the need to reference their presuppositions in observational scientonomy alongside proposed laws concerning questions in theoretical scientonomy".c1 The commentators agreed that "an epistemic agent could plausibly accept all the epistemic presuppositions without necessarily accepting all the logical presuppositions".c2 They also also noted that "accepting separate definitions of logical presupposition and epistemic presupposition would improve the specificity of our communal knowledge - and perhaps our visualization capabilities".c3 Specifically, "there is clear value in distinguishing logical and epistemic presuppositions in scientonomic diagrams".c4 Finally, the commentators highlighted the importance of the distinction for the law of question acceptance.c5 c6	6 February 2023

Current View

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021).

Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021) states: "A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, iff the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question."

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