English Explanatory Dictionary

categorical proposition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposition that asserts or denies that members of one category (the subject term) belong to another (the predicate term). There are four types: "all S are P", "all S are not P", "some S are P", and "some S are not P".

Word forms

categorical proposition categorical propositions
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