What does "presuppose" ACTUALLY mean in an AP question's answer choice?

I understand that presupposing something is similar to assuming something. But I still keep messing up on AP questions where the answer choices include the word "presuppose." I trick myself into believing that the argument has presupposed something!

For example, PT27.S2.Q17 (the "A Stable Society" question), I picked E :'(

Does anybody have any examples of when an argument really did presuppose something? Are answer choices in AP questions that mention "presupposing" always wrong?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Monday, Jul 17 2023

    In a conditional sense, "presuppose" is a necessary condition indicator. So, to presuppose something is to assume that something must be true based on another premise. To your other question, I am not sure that it would be "automatically" wrong. I would say that most arguments on the LSAT are to some degree presupposed.

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