posit, postulate - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning axiom - (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident 2. proposition - a proposal offered for acceptance or ...
In his analysis of the Liar paradox, Russell assumed that there exists a true entity ” the proposition” that is presupposed by a genuine statement (e.g., when I say that Socrates is mortal, there is a fact corresponding to my assertion and it is this fact that is called ˜propositio...
It has also been taken to be the object of grasping, judging, assuming, affirming, denying, and inquiring: generally as the object of propositional actions, that which can be said to be grasped, judged true or false, assumed for reasoning purposes, etc. The proposition has also been taken ...
In no case should the features be used or assumed as replacement for diligent operator efforts at preventing fires. Fire Suppression • Do not panic! • Stop the machine and turn off the engine in the clear- est area available. • Lower the carriage. • If your machine is equipped ...
If the distinction between the two notions of form were never explicitly stated, it is credible that discussions would sometimes vaguely have assumed the one and sometimes vaguely the other. In the case of the fourth indemonstrable, a substitution account would offer the schema: Either α or ...
These gay activist child tantrum supporters not only assumed the position and stature of the churchs views and actions but involved deragatory blasphemy. The LDS church does NOT wish to take away rights of homosexual couples but to only protect marriage as ordained by God.Marriage is...
lemma - a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" theorem - a proposition deducible from basic postulates ratiocination, conclusion -...
It addresses legal challenges to unequal academic as a way to emphasize the inherent problems with Proposition 209 and to increasingly underscore on academic indicators that are negatively assumed to be neutral gauges of meritocracy. It also explores possible civil rights challenges to unequal access ...
With LE, these prolonged impaired states are assumed not to be due to ongoing epileptic activity or MTLSE, because scalp EEGs usually show no epileptiform spike-wave activity; cycling behavioral and motor changes are attributed to LE; there may be little immediate improvement with antiepileptic ...
negation - (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false converse - a proposition obtained by conversion lemma - a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical propos...