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proposition 1. Philosophy a. the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false b. the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is 2. Maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof proposition [‚präp·ə′zish·ən] (mathematics) Any problem or theorem. A statement that makes an assertion that is either false or true or has been designated as false or true.
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" Here the noise and the word "tram" are both constituents of your belief; there is also a relation between them, expressed by "is" in the proposition "that is a tram. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Quickly, Charles plunged into business, and Tarwater heard with great distinctness every word of Charles' unflattering description of him and the proposition to give him passage to Dawson. |
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