anypotheton

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ανυπόθετον (anupótheton), negation of Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).

Noun

anypotheton (uncountable)

1. An idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."
   • 2005, Carlos Steel, Theology as First Philosophy: The Neoplatonic Concept of Metaphysics:

     Only the supreme science, dialectics, attempts to justify these hypotheses by reducing them to the first principle, the Good, which is itself anypotheton, unconditional.

Synonyms

• [the] unhypothetical
• [the] unconditional

Antonyms

• hypothesis
• supposition