单词 | existence proposition |
释义 | > as lemmasexistence proposition existence proposition n. a proposition concerning existence; spec. an existential proposition. ΚΠ 1912 Philos. Rev. 21 652 The true state of things is that every proposition is an existence-proposition, in the sense of being concerned with existence. 1937 Mind 46 53 This is certainly intended to be or to contain an empirical existence-proposition. 1944 M. Weitz in P. A. Schilpp Philos. B. Russell 86 An existence proposition is the traditional ‘I’ or ‘O’ proposition. For Russell it is a proposition which asserts the truth of at least one value of a propositional function; e.g., ‘Some men are brutal’. 2008 M. C. Kemp & K. Shimomura in M. C. Kemp Internat. Trade Theory xxiv. 199 The Walrasian theory of general equilibrium..lacked an existence proposition. < as lemmas |
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