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OFFERS |
Propositions |
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SUGGESTIONS |
Propositions |
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THEOREMS |
Propositions |
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RHEMATIC |
The doctrine of propositions or sentences. |
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EQUIPOLLENCY |
Sameness of signification of two or more propositions
which differ in language. |
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UNIVERSALIST |
One who affects to understand all the particulars in
statements or propositions. |
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CONTRARY |
Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each
other; as, contrary propositions. |
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CONSEQUENT |
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction;
as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. |
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KINDRED |
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. |
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PREMISE |
Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from
which the conclusion is drawn. |
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CONTRADICTORY |
Propositions with the same terms, but opposed to
each other both in quality and quantity. |
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PROPOSITION |
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of
faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss. |
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PARATAXIS |
The mere ranging of propositions one after another,
without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to
syntax. |
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TRILEMMA |
A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the
major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See
Dilemma. |
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CONSEQUENCE |
A proposition collected from the agreement of other
previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or
argument; inference. |
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ULTERIOR |
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be
adopted is uncertain. |
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BOCARDO |
A form of syllogism of which the first and third
propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal
affirmative. |
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CONCLUSION |
The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary
consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions
called premises. See Syllogism. |
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TERM |
Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when
assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the
parties; conditions. |
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ANTECEDENT |
The first of the two propositions which constitute an
enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore
the king must die. |
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CONTRARIES |
Propositions which directly and destructively
contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not
establish the truth of the other. |
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VOTE |
That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as,
a written vote. |
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BARBARA |
The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent
the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose
three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
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ALTERNATIVE |
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things
are called alternatives. |
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DEMONSTRATION |
A course of reasoning showing that a certain result
is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being
definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions. |