thesis has definitions from the fields of writing,education,logic
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[ noun ] (logic) an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '' , as represented by Barth , rests_on the following thesis : The only tenable alternative to Bultmann 's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at_least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ( 2 ) accepts instead a special biblical hermeneutics or method of interpretation ; and ( 3 ) in so doing , frees itself to give appropriate emphasis to the event Jesus_Christ by means of statements that , from Bultmann 's point_of_view , are mythological .

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

The embarrassment of these theories over the naturalness of death is an illustration of the thesis that death cannot be only a punishment , for some termination seems necessary in a life that is lived within the natural_order of time and change .

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premise

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[ noun ] (writing,education) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

Synonyms

dissertation

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treatise discourse

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