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A '''premise''' in debate or logic means the proposition from which a conclusion is drawn. The proposition (the '''premise''') can be either proved or supposed. It is needed in order to apply logic and draw the desired conclusion.

A common flaw in reasoning is to apply correct logic to a faulty '''premise''', as in "if embryonic [[stem cell]] research will save lives, then we should support it!" The '''premise''' of embryonic [[stem cell]] research saving lives is unproven and unjustified as a supposition, as all research has shown it to be essentially worthless.

The term the '''premises''' also has a legal and popular meaning, to include both land and buildings together as property, as in "he was on the '''premises''' at the time."
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