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Encyclopedia > Proposition (disambiguation)
Look up proposition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A proposition a term used in logic and philosophy to describe the content of assertions. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Proposition is a term used in logic to describe the content of assertions. ...


Proposition may also refer to:

  • Initiative, referendum, or proposition, a ballot measure used in many U.S. states, consisting of a statute or constitutional amendment "proposed" to the voters for their approval
  • In marketing, a proposition is a product offering crafted for a particular market segment
  • A proposition, in debate, the team which supports and tries to prove a motion
  • Proposition or thesis, the statement that begins a formal essay or argument, or that describes the central argument of an academic paper
  • The Proposition, a 2005 film witten by Nick Cave
  • In mathematics, a proposition is a proven result not important enough to be called a theorem

In political science, the initiative (also known as popular or citizens initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote on a proposed statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or ordinance. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need. ... Market segmentation is the process in marketing of grouping a market (i. ... A motion is a formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by a group. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: thesis The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Proposition is a 2005 movie directed by John Hillcoat. ... A theorem is a proposition that has been or is to be proved on the basis of explicit assumptions. ...

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Proposition Summary (1735 words)
In common philosophical language, a proposition is the content of an assertion, that is, it is true-or-false and defined by the meaning of a particular piece of language.
In Aristotelian logic a proposition is a particular kind of sentence: one which affirms or denies a predicate of a subject.
Propositions are also spoken of as the content of beliefs and similar intentional attitudes such as desires, preferences, and hopes.
Proposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (999 words)
Proposition is a term used in logic and philosophy to describe the content of assertions.
Propositions are also spoken of as the content of beliefs and similar intentional attitudes such as desires, preferences, and hopes.
In Aristotelian logic a proposition is a particular kind of sentence, one which affirms or denies a predicate of a subject.
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