Assumption
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+ | In logic, an '''assumption''' is a [[proposition]] that is taken for granted, as if it were [[truth|true]] based upon presupposition without preponderance of the facts. An assumption that is considered to be [[self-evident]] or otherwise fundamental is called an [[axiom]]. | ||
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+ | In religion, '''assumption''' is the bodily translation of an individual person, either living or dead, from earth to [[heaven]]. | ||
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+ | * [[Assumption of Mary]], a religious account of the taking up of Mary into heaven | ||
+ | * [[Assumption of Moses]], a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship | ||
+ | * [[Entering heaven alive]] | ||
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+ | '''Assumption''' may also refer to: | ||
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+ | ===Literature=== | ||
+ | * [[Assumption (short story)]], 1929 story by Samuel Beckett | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Asunción]] | ||
+ | *[[Presupposition]] | ||
+ | *[[Hypothesis]] | ||
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In logic, an assumption is a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it were true based upon presupposition without preponderance of the facts. An assumption that is considered to be self-evident or otherwise fundamental is called an axiom.
In religion, assumption is the bodily translation of an individual person, either living or dead, from earth to heaven.
- Assumption of Mary, a religious account of the taking up of Mary into heaven
- Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship
- Entering heaven alive
Assumption may also refer to:
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Literature
- Assumption (short story), 1929 story by Samuel Beckett
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See also
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