所しょ与よ

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

given; premised

Used as a no-adjective to describe conditions, assumptions, or premises that are taken as given in an argument or analysis. Common in academic and formal contexts.

• 所しょ与よの条じょう件けんのもとで最さい善ぜんを尽つくす。

  We do our best under the given conditions.

noun

given thing; data; sense datum

In philosophy, refers to something that is immediately present to consciousness or taken as a starting point for knowledge. Sense 3 (data) and sense 4 (sense datum) are specific philosophical uses; sense 2 is a broader noun use for anything given or assumed.

• 哲てつ学がくでは、感かん覚かく所しょ与よが議ぎ論ろんの出しゅっ発ぱつ点てんになることがある。

  In philosophy, sense data sometimes serve as the starting point of discussion.

• この理り論ろんはいくつかの所しょ与よに基もとづいている。

  This theory is based on several givens.