proposition
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən/
- Specialized
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proposición
- Conceived in Liberty and dedicated "to the proposition that all men are created equal."
- true proposition
- truth of the proposition
- testable proposition
And the the evidence of a proposition is the type of its proofs.
- And the the evidence of a proposition is the type of its proofs.
- Naturalism isn't the proposition that I believe to be true.
- The word compels makes the proposition unjustified.
- So that's empirical propositions, tautologist propositions are always going to be true.
- There will be things in your propositions that are true but are not provable from your propositions.
- And the quantum computer, you know, goes for a while and says, well, the answer is yes, this proposition is true.
- And those propositions can be tested in the context of experiments.
- But the idea, the argument, the proposition that Social Security adds to the deficit is wrong.
- And that the way that is meaningful to them is by asserting a set of propositions or beliefs.
- And, and that would be a very interesting historical analysis, but it doesn't bear upon the truth of the propositions of the Christian religion.
- They're going to be propositions that you can formulate that are true, but that you cannot prove to be true.
Examples
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The two cases demonstrate that this proposition is an illogical justification for pursuing arms control.
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And if that is the case, then the truth of moral propositions will be relevant to the debate.
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This is a simple proposition.
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You are asking me to prove a negative proposition.
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But the idea, the argument, the proposition that Social Security adds to the deficit is wrong.
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That is an unarguable proposition and certainly sound in law.
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Compelling evidence for this proposition is found in reports from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Karl Jaspers set forth the proposition that there are two broad types of delusion.
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Last week we talked about the key components of a proof, propositions, axioms, and logical deductions.
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The scientist presented a fascinating proposition about the nature of black holes.
Compounds
- Specialized
A statement that says something about only some members of a group
- Specialized
A statement that says something is true for every member of a group
How Certain
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6.3
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5.6
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Proposition in logic is a statement 'put forward' for people to decide if it is true or false; the word comes from Latin pro- 'before' and ponere 'to put', so a logical proposition is an idea someone places before others to be judged.