Proposition Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Proposition.

  • 4 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (4)

879 words, approx. 3 pages
Propositions In mathematics, a proposition is a statement which must be proved by a deductive argument in order to be considered true. Propositions are also called theorems. In general, mathematical p... Read more
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Intensional Transitive Verbs A verb is transitive if it takes a direct object and intensional if it exhibits one or more intensionality effects in its direct object. The three main such effects are (i... Read more
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Propositions On one use of the term, "propositions" are objects of assertion, what successful uses of declarative sentences say. As such, they determine truth-values and truth conditions... Read more
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Propositions [addendum] Despite the rearguard efforts of Robert Stalnaker and Max Cresswell, by the late 1990s it became widely acknowledged that sets of possible worlds are too coarse-grained to serv... Read more