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Categorical proposition

In logic, a categorical proposition, or categorical statement, is a proposition that asserts or denies that all or some of the members of one category (the subject term) are included in another (the predicate term). The study of arguments using categorical statements (i.e., syllogisms) forms an important branch of deductive reasoning that began with the…

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LogicPropositionArgumentsSyllogismsDeductive reasoning
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Element under considerationSet complementsImplicational converseMaterial implicationNegation
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Categorical proposition

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples29
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
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Categorical proposition

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related to Quantity and quality · 11
Categorical proposition → A-proposition, All, For, I-proposition, If, O-proposition, On, Quality It, Quantity, Some, The
related to Distributivity · 6
Categorical proposition → Although, Each, Every, If, The, Venn
related to External links · 4
Categorical proposition → An, Categorical, ChangingMinds, Ruby
related to Properties of categorical propositions · 4
Categorical proposition → Categorical, Latin, These, This
has treatment · 2
Categorical proposition → First-order, In
see also · 2
Categorical proposition → Predication, Term

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Categorical propositionrelated to DistributivityVenn0.60section
Categorical propositionrelated to External linksChangingMinds0.60section
Categorical propositionrelated to External linksCategorical0.60section
Categorical propositionrelated to External linksAn0.60section
Categorical propositionrelated to External linksRuby0.60section

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