assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs, postulates, premises(also premisses), presuppositions, suppositions
hypotheses, propositions, theories, thesesaxioms, truisms, veritiesbeliefs, canons, doctrines, dogmas(also dogmata), gospels, lawsprecepts, principles, rules, standards, tenetsbases, foundations, groundsconclusions, deductions, inferencesaffirmations, assertions, avouchments, declarationsdicta(also dictums), ipse dixits