Context
A set of assumptions operative in a discussion, argument, or exploration of an issue:

Äthe specific circumstances within which an action or an event takes place;

Äthe background against which communication occurs, including the relevant factual information, the aims and interests of the actors, and the presupposition giving the communication its point;

Äthose events and processes characterizing a particular situation and having an impact on actors’ thinking and behaviour.

(see also: background information, topical incompleteness, suppressed evidence, background knowledge)

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