Erin's Wonderful Word--admit

[Laurence Horn]

>  >Did anyone else find the use of the verb "admit" in this definition just a
>>little bit, well, presuppositional (which is not the same thing as
>>pre-suppository)?
>>
>>  Erin's Weird and Wonderful Word of the Day:
>>
>>  dysteleology
>>  [dis-tell-ee-AH-luh-djee]
>>  the study of the organs of plants and animals without admitting that there
>>is any purpose to their design. The antonym is teleology, studying
>>things with
>>the idea that there is a purpose for everything in nature. Someone who is
>>unwilling to admit the existence of design in nature has teleophobia.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>How about "posit"?
>A. Murie

or "grant", or probably a lot of other presupposition-free options,
although the "unwilling" itself introduces a bit of bias.   What
about a nice neutral phrasing, like "Someone who is capable of
recognizing the absence of design..."?

L