Sentence examples for universal propositions from inspiring English sources

But in slightly later works, such as 'On Denoting' (1905), propositional functions are said to be constituents of universal propositions.

Briefly, only universal propositions distribute the subject term (S), and only negative propositions distribute their predicate (P).

Obviously, universal propositions, such as "All cats have claws," being only partially supportable by positive instances (one cannot examine every cat that exists), are not conclusively verifiable.

Thus, propositions of form A imply the corresponding propositions of form I, and those of form E imply those of form O. These last relations were later called subalternation, and the particular propositions (affirmative or negative) were said to be subalternate to the corresponding universal propositions.

He considers that it is not necessary to prefix a universal quantifier to universal propositions.

Such truths are derived from other universal propositions and tested in experience.

Note that if a universal proposition (affirmative or negative) is true, its contradictory is false, and so the subcontrary of that contradictory is true.

Existential import, in syllogistic, the logical implication by a universal proposition (i.e., a proposition of the form "All S is P" or "No S is P") of the corresponding particular statement (i.e., "Some S is P" or "Some S is not P," respectively).

Consider a true universal proposition, say the proposition that every finger of my right hand is less than 1m long.

In such situations, it is best not to make one's argument depend upon securing agreement about any universal proposition.

The argument from likeness is thus clearly distinct from the paradeigma, where the universal proposition plays an essential role as an intermediate step in the argument.