TFY Ch5 Exercise

TFY Ch5 Exercise Page 145.

What is an Assumption?

Using at least two dictionaries, write your own definition of assumption.

Assumptions-premise: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"


Chapter Quiz Page 163

1. When we articulate hidden assumptions, we simply read what we find in print before us. - T
2. A good argument invariably contains a few hidden assumptions. – T
3. A value assumption is a belief assumed to be true and shared by everyone. - T
4. “Can you belive it? She is twenty-three years old and not even thinking of getting married.” This statement, mady be a Puerto Rican mother, contains no valule assumption. - T
5. Assumptions are often recognized only in retrospect because of the problems they cause. – T
6. In mathematics, conscious assumptions are called axioms. –T
7. A. conscious assumption can be used as a strategy to lead us to new information. If a child does not come home from school at the usual time, we might first decide to call the homes of the child’s friends; if that turns up no information, we might call the police – T
8. Stereotypes contain no assumption. – T
9. To be uncomfortable is to be in disequilibrium. Thinking through a problem restores the comfort of our mental equilibrium. - T
10. Incongruities can provoke us into thinking in order to resolve their conflict with our assumptions and expectations. T