Sentence examples for the proposition itself from inspiring English sources

On such a conception, the truth-set of a proposition is the proposition itself, and issues about propositional existence remain: it may be held that propositions exist necessarily, or that their existence is in general world-relative.

One is free to vary the language in which a proposition is expressed but not the proposition itself.

The answers are not simple, as I suspect the debate will show.There will also, if past debates are a guide, be some argument about the wording of the proposition itself.

As much as Proposition 13 signaled a national revolt against taxes that reverberates to this day, its actual legacy in California — not just the proposition itself, but the way Mr. Brown and the Legislature responded to it — has emerged as a major obstacle to the new governor as he confronts what is probably the worst fiscal crisis in this state's history.

WHILE a proposal by Councilman Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn, to ban the feeding of pigeons in New York City — and fine the violators — may speak to those who detest the humble rock dove, the proposition itself is sadly misguided.

It is not the proposition itself.

The fundamental issue here concerns the complexity of the entire proposition itself, as the numbers are so huge as not to be susceptible to reasonable inquiry.

However, a person who possessed the concept of necessity could not have an intuition regarding the corresponding modal proposition about Gliesians, "necessarily, there are more females than males on Gliese 581d" simply on the basis of fully understanding the non-modal part of that proposition and the modal proposition itself.

I was in New York, walking up Broadway, the air cold and swift, when the proposition presented itself.

When Marty speaks of the meaning of a statement as the content of the judgment which is thereby expressed, he is well aware of opening the possibility of comparisons with similar concepts in the work of various philosophers, e.g. the proposition in itself (Satz an sich) (Bolzano), the state of affairs (Sachverhalt) (Stumpf and Husserl), and the objective (Objektiv) (Meinong).

Although a decision founded in federal law would be subject to review in the US Supreme Court, there is no certainty the US high court would elect to decide the case -- or, if it did, that it would end up sustaining Prop 8. Prop 8 is also subject to challenge under the California Constitution, even though the proposition is itself an amendment to the Constitution.