assumptions (noun)
11ageism — noun The treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age. See Also: age, ageist …
12nondeterminism — noun a) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input. Moving from a single processor to a multi processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling. b) Being nondeterministic; involving… …
13religious naturalism — noun A pluralistic paradigm that proposes a spiritual/intellectual approach to life devoid of supernatural assumptions. Syn: pantheism, spiritual naturalism, naturalistic spirituality, humanistic religious naturalism …
14weakening — noun a) An instance or process of loss of strength b) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional …
15philosophy of science — noun a) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon …
16cold reading — noun The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event. The self described psychic was merely using… …
17number games — noun The use of inappropriate statistics to reflect a desired result (usually misleading, or omitting critical assumptions.) 1980, United States, Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy… …
18non-determinism — noun a) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input. Moving from a single processor to a multi processor system often exposes hidden non determinism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling. b) Being non deterministic; involving… …
19frame of reference — noun a) a set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated b) a set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and …
20sanity check — noun The act of checking that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities, or is not based on invalid assumptions …
