In
discourse, a premise (also "premiss" in
British usage) is a claim that is a
reason (or element of a set of reasons) for, or
objection against, some other claim. In other words, it is a
statement presumed true within the context of the discourse for the purposes of
arguing to a
conclusion. Premises are sometimes stated explicitly by way of disambiguation or for emphasis, but more often they are left tacitly understood as being obvious or
self-evident ("it goes without saying"), or not conducive to succinct discourse. For example, in the argument
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