postulationallyadv.
/ˌpɒstjᵿˈleɪʃn̩(ə)li/, /ˌpɒstʃᵿˈleɪʃn̩(ə)li/, U.S. /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nəli/; ; see also postulation n. In a postulational manner; by postulation; axiomatically.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adverb]
axiomaticallyc1643
postulationally1913
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb] > self-evidently
axiomaticallyc1643
self-evidently1665
self-evidencingly1677
postulationally1913
1913 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 35 40 In accordance with this position it would seem desirable for us to subject our quotient relations postulationally to such laws.
1936 Mind 45 174 In general, if x is defined postulationally, any proposition containing x will implicate the postulational definition of x.
1966 H. V. Guenther Tibetan Buddhism vi. 89 The distinction between a ‘co-emergent belief in things’ and a ‘postulationally defined belief in things’..is concisely stated.
1996 Amer. Math. Monthly 103 594 Some probabilists..want to start with some not necessarily numerical mathematical version of the confidence of observers that certain events will occur, to proceed postulationally to numerical evaluations of this confidence, and finally to additivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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