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• n  (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
• v  maintain or assert
• v  take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
• v  require as useful, just, or proper
  This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

• Economics postulate that concentration of wealth derived from legitimate business profits is an indicator of general prosperity.
• Einstein started from the postulate that the laws of science should appear the same to all freely moving observers.
• Working from Higgs' theory, scientists postulate that initially weightless particles move through a ubiquitous quantum field, known as a Higgs field, like a pearl necklace through .

• posit
• contend
• necessitate
• ask
• need
• require
• take
• involve
• call for
• demand

• obviate

News & Articles

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• Makeup with violence
  Where online beauty tips are concerned, baby shampoo is the new crocodile dung by Abby White We women have been giving each other incredibly bad advice throughout the years, especially when it comes to beauty tips. A cynic might postulate that we're all trying to sabotage each other, but I think most of us will try anything if it's fairly convenient and inexpensive — especially because it just ...
  Aug. 16, 2013 - Creative Loafing Charlotte

Quotes

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• Michael Behe in renewamerica.us
  ...to a story in the Washington Post, Michael J. Behe, a biology professor at Lehigh University and a leading advocate of intelligent design, says the theory "might lead one to postulate the existence of a supernatural force such as God,"...
• Gregg Easterbrook in Wall Street Journal
  Here's the beauty of the Isaacson-Tarbell Postulate: You don't need incredible insider information, you don't need to spend hours in fevered contemplation, you don't even need to know who's playing,Mr. Easterbrook wrote. "Simply always...
• Gerardus 't Hooft in New Scientist (subscription)
  't Hooft calls his new formulation the "unconstrained initial conditions postulate".