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Necessary Assumptions

A short course on the unstated premise an argument cannot survive without. Built around the Negation Test, and on Merrill's warning that a necessary assumption is the floor rather than the ceiling.

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The sections below are arranged in the order we suggest, and the highlighted one is where we recommend you begin. But learning is not linear. Open any section in any order, return to earlier ones whenever you like, and treat the sequence as a recommendation rather than a track.