[…] this is that "final demand" to which the experimentalist feels himself forced by the whole trend of history, of a history whose steps he has followed one by one in all his previous postulatings.
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Postulating
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conceiveconjecturecontendcoredatadatumdemanddemonstrable factdictatedictumdoctrineelixirempirical factenunciateessenceessentialestablished factexactexordiumfact
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fact of experiencefirst principlesflowerfocusforewordformulafoundationfront matterfrontispiecefundamentalgistgiven factgolden rulegravamengroundguessguessworkhard facthearthypostasishypothecatehypothesishypothesis ad hochypothesizeindisputable factinescapable factinferenceinner essenceinnovationintroduceintroductionkernellaunchlawlay beforelay downleaplemmamajor premisemake a motionmarrowmatter of fact
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meatminor premisemootmovenaked factnecessitatenitty grittynot guessworknot opinionnubnucleusnuts and boltsoffer a resolutionopen upoverturephilosophemephilosophical propositionpithplainpose
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positpositionpositive factpostulationpostulatumpreamblepredicateprefacepreferprefixprefixturepreliminarypreludepresumptionpresupposalpresupposepresuppositionprincipiumprincipleproemprolegomenaprolegomenonprolepsisprologueproposepropositionpropositional functionpropoundprotasisprovable factput forthput forwardput it toquidquiddityquintessencereasoningrecommendrequisitionrulesalient factsapsayself-evident factself-evident truthset beforeset forthset of postulatessettled principlesignificant factsimple factsober factsolicitsoulspeculatespiritstartstatementstubborn factstuffsubmitsubstancesuggestsumptionsupposalsupposesupposingsuppositionsurmisethe casethe nitty-grittytheoremthesistruismtruthtruth tabletruth-functiontruth-valueundeniable factuniversal truthversevoluntarywell-known factworking hypothesis
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