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Knowledge and testing

Presupposition

Assumption

Content version
1.0
Last substantively revised
18 June 2026
Document type
Lexicon entry
Responsible publisher
Vikesland Press
Source language
Nynorsk source; reviewed English translation
Category
Knowledge and testing
Definition type
Method definition
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Extended note

Presuppositions may be open, tested, bounded, necessary, or problematic. They become dangerous when they are invisible, untested, or made into conclusions without themselves having been tested.

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Limitations

Not the same as

  • finding
  • proof
  • actuality
  • conclusion
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Related terms

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Methodological relevance

Every material presupposition must be recorded so the reader can see what the assessment rests on and what could change it.

Sources and principal occurrence

Source note: The entry is central to Corrigible Realism, model critique, and R1.

  1. Corrigible RealismThe academic and philosophical position.
  2. T5 — Models and RepresentationThe sustained theory document on models, measurement, simulation, validation, and assignment.
  3. R1 — Methodology of Reality AuditThe published methodological justification of Reality Audit.
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Correct and incorrect use

Correct use

“The presupposition is recorded in the material and method field.”

Incorrect or over-strong use

“The presupposition need not be tested because the whole system rests on it.”

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Suggested citation

Suggested citationVikesland, M. A. A. (2026). “Presupposition”. Røyndalism — Lexicon, content version 1.0.

APAVikesland, M. A. A. (2026). Presupposition (version 1.0). Røyndalism. https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/presupposition/

MLAVikesland, Martin A. A.. “Presupposition.” Røyndalism, version 1.0, Vikesland Press, 2026, https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/presupposition/.

ChicagoVikesland, Martin A. A.. “Presupposition.” Røyndalism. version 1.0. Vikesland Press, 2026. https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/presupposition/.

IEEEM. A. A. Vikesland, “Presupposition,” Røyndalism, version 1.0, Vikesland Press, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/presupposition/

CSEVikesland MAA. 2026. Presupposition. version 1.0. Røyndalism. Vikesland Press. Available from: https://royndalisme.no/en/lexicon/presupposition/

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Revision note

Document version
1.0
First published
18 June 2026
1.0

First public edition.