postulating

And with those exceptions we have brought them into the framework of our picture of the Universe by postulating "dense matter."

This, of course, is equivalent to postulating the cerebral cortex as the exclusive seat of higher intellection.

From the above instances, which could be multiplied, we have no hesitation in postulating a Hebrew original of i.-iii.

Nothing would be gained, however, by postulating merely a mystery—an unknowable.

"If you are postulating a linear progression from the old social sciences—forget it," Neel said.