Wikipedia article of the day for November 7, 2026

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 7, 2026 is Premise.
Premises are true or false statements that act as the starting points of arguments by presenting reasons to substantiate or refute assertions. For example, the premises "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man" guarantee the conclusion "Socrates is mortal". Explicit premises are overtly stated, whereas implicit premises are tacitly assumed without appearing in the text. Independent premises give distinct reasons, whereas dependent premises only work in combination. The role of premises in arguments is typically either to preserve truth or to transfer justification to a conclusion. To succeed, premises must be true or justified and must be relevant to the conclusion. In deductively valid arguments, true premises guarantee a true conclusion. In non-deductive arguments, the premises aim to make the conclusion more reasonable or increase its probability. Defective arguments, called fallacies, can often arise from faulty premises. Premises are central to many fields, including logic, argumentation theory, mathematics, philosophy, science, and law.