Principle

Prescription that cannot be deduced from the other elements of the domain under study

Introduction to the notion

Term belonging to the lexical field of the methodology.

Etymology: from the Latin principium = beginning, origin (that which is first)

The definition below is inspired from the meaning that the term has taken on in logic (cf. Le Grand Robert: “first proposition, laid down and not deduced”).

Related term: prescription.

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