Noun
working hypothesis
- a hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen as a best guess to build upon or put effort into its verification
- 1927, Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Philosophy:
- We do not know that this is the case, but it is an hypothesis which cannot be refuted and is simpler than any other possible hypothesis. I shall therefore adopt it as a working hypothesis in what follows.
- 1927, Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Philosophy:
- German: Arbeitshypothese
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