Presupposition
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CORE DEFINITION
A presupposition is information that must be assumed true for a sentence to be either true or false. For example, "The king of a certain country is bald" presupposes that "the country has a king." If the presupposition fails, the sentence is neither true nor false but invalid.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Implicit presupposition implantation. In debate or hypnosis, do not state the viewpoint directly; instead, embed the viewpoint as a "presupposition" in the sentence (e.g., "When did you stop complaining?" presupposes "you are complaining"). Such information is difficult to defend against consciously.
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The validity of an utterance depends on the implicit premises (presuppositions) shared by the speaker and listener; presuppositions are embedded in the sentence and are difficult to consciously refute, thus allowing for the "invisible" implantation of a stance or framework.
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presuppositionverified
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