positn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒzɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpɑzət/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: posit v.

Etymology: < posit v. Compare earlier positum n.

Philosophy.

An entity presumed to exist; a statement presumed to be true or acceptable, a presupposition; a postulate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > a principle or axiom

principlea1387

maximc1450

first principle1525

ground1528

principal1545

principium1550

protasis1572

theorem1588

postulate1590

axiom1593

groundsel1604

postulatuma1620

praecognitum1624

datum1646

self-evident1675

philosopheme1678

dictum of all and none1697

dictum of Aristotle1827

prius1882

ground rule1890

posit1900

1900 A. T. Ormond Found. of Knowl. ii. iii. 139 We have said that the mathematical point is a posit of the reflective consciousness.

1948 B. Russell Human Knowl. vii. 431 I am not concerned to deny that some posit is necessary if there is to be any probability in favour of predictions.

1949 E. H. Hutten & M. Reichenbach tr. H. Reichenbach Theory of Probability (ed. 2) ix. 373 A posit is a statement with which we deal as true, although the truth value is unknown.

1953 W. V. Quine From Logical Point of View ii. 45 Physical objects, small and large, are not the only posits... The abstract entities which are the substance of mathematics are another posit in the same spirit.

1976 Sci. Amer. Mar. 119/3 He proposed a set of five posits about the structure of the world that he believed were sufficient to justify induction.

1994 S. Fleischacker Ethics of Culture 201 All a..set of customs needs in order to constitute an ethical way of life is the posit of some good beyond itself at which its efforts are aimed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

positv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒzɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpɑzət/

Forms: 1600s posite, 1600s– posit.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin posit-, pōnere.

Etymology: < classical Latin posit-, past participial stem of pōnere to place, put, lay down (see ponent n. and adj.¹). Compare earlier positum n., and (with sense 2a) earlier position v. 1.

1. transitive. To put in position; to set, dispose, situate; to place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)]

doeOE

layc950

seta1000

puta1225

dight1297

pilt?a1300

stow1362

stick1372

bestowc1374

affichea1382

posec1385

couchc1386

dressa1387

assize1393

yarkc1400

sita1425

place1442

colloque1490

siegea1500

stake1513

win1515

plat1529

collocate1548

campc1550

posit1645

posture1645

constitute1652

impose1681

sist1852

shove1902

spot1937

1645 W. Lilly Starry Messenger 16 Venus, as now posited, tells you how much some sober and modest Judgements endeavour to settle things purely, soberly, and legally.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 168 Then would those parts..affect this..Situation, howsoever the Loadstone was posited.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xx. 166 He posited his left Hand wholly open.

1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 25 It is plain that somewhat more than twelve equal spheres may be posited about a middle one.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 82 To see how things were posited at home.

1872 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 4) vi. 114 The blocks..were moved and posited by a power external to themselves.

1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 161 Classes..connected with the production of wealth or positing it where it is wanted.

1930 H. Crane Let. 13 July (1965) 352 The fact that you posit The Bridge at the end of a tradition of romanticism [etc.].

1989 Prediction May Insert vi/3 As Saturn, your ruling planet, is now posited in your sign, you'll have the necessary powers of self-discipline.

a. transitive. Chiefly Logic and Philosophy. To put forward or assume as fact or as a basis for argument, to presuppose; to postulate; to affirm the existence of. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > assume, presuppose [verb (transitive)] > as basis for argument

seta1340

supposec1350

posec1385

putc1390

to put (also set) the casec1405

suppositionc1449

demit1556

suppose1594

s'pose1632

case1647

feign1688

posit1697

postulate1705

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xii. 52 To Posit, or put the Antecedent or Consequent, is no more than to assume it.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xvii. 78 The Effect being posited, it follows that either there is a Cause Efficient, or else, that there has been one.

1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. IV. 167 Either the Ego must posit the Non-Ego wilfully and consciously..or [etc.].

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant i. 157 In so far as anything is a cause, it posits something different from itself as an effect.

1898 J. A. Hobson John Ruskin 105 The crude dualism which Huxley posits.

1925 J. E. Turner Theory Direct Realism iii. 33 The use of ‘instinctive’ in any such finally explanatory sense as this creates difficulties equally serious with those it is posited to explain.

1977 Listener 1 Dec. 711/1 Confucianism posits a Jacob's ladder stretching..up to the emperor and down to the obscurist villager.

1998 Economist 21 Mar. 122/1 Traditional economic models posit that liberalisation delivers a one-time gain, after which the economy will grow at the same rate as before.

b. transitive. In passive. To be proposed or assumed based on or upon; to be reliant on or upon as a basis.

ΚΠ

1900 W. W. Willoughby Social Justice ii. 20 All ethical obligation being posited upon that feeling of oughtness which is given to the individual as an original datum of consciousness.

1920 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 28 644 Its remarks were posited on a prediction of success for a certain Colonel Smith Brookhart.

1971 Times 7 Apr. 15/6 The Homes Before Roads campaign..is also posited on leaving London's structure as it is, but without a car-owning democracy.

1994 L. Gordon Charlotte Brontë (1995) v. 146 These plots, the pilgrim must see for the played-out fictions they are: all are posited on a false premiss [sic] about women's nature as biddable and inferior.

Derivatives

ˈpositing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun]

presumptiona1250

presuppositiona1533

sumption1572

assuming1602

supposition1603

postulation1648

assumption1656

positing1854

1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity xxii. 213 This negativing of limits by the imagination is the positing of omniscience as a divine power and reality.

1899 A. E. Garvie Ritschlian Theol. iii. iii. 82 A law, a thing posited, points back the understanding to the positing spirit and will.

1958 Philos. Rev. 67 52 Assuming: One Set of Positing Words.

1967 Listener 5 Oct. 430/1 If subject does not respond to direct approach try seemingly more casual positings of kindred questions at the macro-level.

1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 81 We need both grammar and lexicon for the positing of any proto-language, in this case Nostratic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	posit
释义	positn. Brit. /ˈpɒzɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɑzət/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: posit v. Etymology: < posit v. Compare earlier positum n. Philosophy. An entity presumed to exist; a statement presumed to be true or acceptable, a presupposition; a postulate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > a principle or axiom principlea1387 maximc1450 first principle1525 ground1528 principal1545 principium1550 protasis1572 theorem1588 postulate1590 axiom1593 groundsel1604 postulatuma1620 praecognitum1624 datum1646 self-evident1675 philosopheme1678 dictum of all and none1697 dictum of Aristotle1827 prius1882 ground rule1890 posit1900 1900 A. T. Ormond Found. of Knowl. ii. iii. 139 We have said that the mathematical point is a posit of the reflective consciousness. 1948 B. Russell Human Knowl. vii. 431 I am not concerned to deny that some posit is necessary if there is to be any probability in favour of predictions. 1949 E. H. Hutten & M. Reichenbach tr. H. Reichenbach Theory of Probability (ed. 2) ix. 373 A posit is a statement with which we deal as true, although the truth value is unknown. 1953 W. V. Quine From Logical Point of View ii. 45 Physical objects, small and large, are not the only posits... The abstract entities which are the substance of mathematics are another posit in the same spirit. 1976 Sci. Amer. Mar. 119/3 He proposed a set of five posits about the structure of the world that he believed were sufficient to justify induction. 1994 S. Fleischacker Ethics of Culture 201 All a..set of customs needs in order to constitute an ethical way of life is the posit of some good beyond itself at which its efforts are aimed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). positv. Brit. /ˈpɒzɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɑzət/ Forms: 1600s posite, 1600s– posit. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin posit-, pōnere. Etymology: < classical Latin posit-, past participial stem of pōnere to place, put, lay down (see ponent n. and adj.¹). Compare earlier positum n., and (with sense 2a) earlier position v. 1. 1. transitive. To put in position; to set, dispose, situate; to place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 1645 W. Lilly Starry Messenger 16 Venus, as now posited, tells you how much some sober and modest Judgements endeavour to settle things purely, soberly, and legally. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 168 Then would those parts..affect this..Situation, howsoever the Loadstone was posited. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xx. 166 He posited his left Hand wholly open. 1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 25 It is plain that somewhat more than twelve equal spheres may be posited about a middle one. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 82 To see how things were posited at home. 1872 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 4) vi. 114 The blocks..were moved and posited by a power external to themselves. 1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 161 Classes..connected with the production of wealth or positing it where it is wanted. 1930 H. Crane Let. 13 July (1965) 352 The fact that you posit The Bridge at the end of a tradition of romanticism [etc.]. 1989 Prediction May Insert vi/3 As Saturn, your ruling planet, is now posited in your sign, you'll have the necessary powers of self-discipline. 2. a. transitive. Chiefly Logic and Philosophy. To put forward or assume as fact or as a basis for argument, to presuppose; to postulate; to affirm the existence of. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > assume, presuppose [verb (transitive)] > as basis for argument seta1340 supposec1350 posec1385 putc1390 to put (also set) the casec1405 suppositionc1449 demit1556 suppose1594 s'pose1632 case1647 feign1688 posit1697 postulate1705 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xii. 52 To Posit, or put the Antecedent or Consequent, is no more than to assume it. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xvii. 78 The Effect being posited, it follows that either there is a Cause Efficient, or else, that there has been one. 1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. IV. 167 Either the Ego must posit the Non-Ego wilfully and consciously..or [etc.]. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant i. 157 In so far as anything is a cause, it posits something different from itself as an effect. 1898 J. A. Hobson John Ruskin 105 The crude dualism which Huxley posits. 1925 J. E. Turner Theory Direct Realism iii. 33 The use of ‘instinctive’ in any such finally explanatory sense as this creates difficulties equally serious with those it is posited to explain. 1977 Listener 1 Dec. 711/1 Confucianism posits a Jacob's ladder stretching..up to the emperor and down to the obscurist villager. 1998 Economist 21 Mar. 122/1 Traditional economic models posit that liberalisation delivers a one-time gain, after which the economy will grow at the same rate as before. b. transitive. In passive. To be proposed or assumed based on or upon; to be reliant on or upon as a basis. ΚΠ 1900 W. W. Willoughby Social Justice ii. 20 All ethical obligation being posited upon that feeling of oughtness which is given to the individual as an original datum of consciousness. 1920 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 28 644 Its remarks were posited on a prediction of success for a certain Colonel Smith Brookhart. 1971 Times 7 Apr. 15/6 The Homes Before Roads campaign..is also posited on leaving London's structure as it is, but without a car-owning democracy. 1994 L. Gordon Charlotte Brontë (1995) v. 146 These plots, the pilgrim must see for the played-out fictions they are: all are posited on a false premiss [sic] about women's nature as biddable and inferior. Derivatives ˈpositing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 presuppositiona1533 sumption1572 assuming1602 supposition1603 postulation1648 assumption1656 positing1854 1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity xxii. 213 This negativing of limits by the imagination is the positing of omniscience as a divine power and reality. 1899 A. E. Garvie Ritschlian Theol. iii. iii. 82 A law, a thing posited, points back the understanding to the positing spirit and will. 1958 Philos. Rev. 67 52 Assuming: One Set of Positing Words. 1967 Listener 5 Oct. 430/1 If subject does not respond to direct approach try seemingly more casual positings of kindred questions at the macro-level. 1988 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 33 81 We need both grammar and lexicon for the positing of any proto-language, in this case Nostratic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900v.1645
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