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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Defintions==

==Defintions==

*1 a (1) : something offered for [[consideration]] or [[acceptance]] : proposal (2) : a request for [[sexual intercourse]]  

*1 a (1) : something offered for [[consideration]] or [[acceptance]] : proposal (2) : a request for [[sexual intercourse]]  

In [[logic]] and [[philosophy]], the term '''proposition''' (from the [[word]] "proposal") refers to both (a) the "[[content]]"  or "[[meaning]]" of a meaningful declarative sentence  or (b) the [[pattern]] of [[symbols]], marks, or [[sounds]] that make up a meaningful declarative sentence. The [[meaning]] of a proposition includes that it has the [[quality]] or property of being either [[true]] or [[false]], and as such propositions are called ''truthbearers''.

In [[logic]] and [[philosophy]], the term '''proposition''' (from the [[word]] "proposal") refers to both (a) the "[[content]]"  or "[[meaning]]" of a meaningful declarative sentence  or (b) the [[pattern]] of [[symbols]], marks, or [[sounds]] that make up a meaningful declarative sentence. The [[meaning]] of a proposition includes that it has the [[quality]] or property of being either [[true]] or [[false]], and as such propositions are called ''truthbearers''.

The [[existence]] of propositions in the [[abstract]] sense, as well as the existence of "[[meanings]]", is disputed by some philosophers. Where the [[concept]] of a "[[meaning]]" is admitted, its [[nature]] is [[controversial]]. In earlier [[texts]] writers have not always made it sufficiently clear whether they are using the term proposition in sense of the [[words]] or the "[[meaning]]" [[expressed]] by the words.[1] To avoid the controversies and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological] implications, the term sentence is often now used instead of proposition to refer to just those strings of [[symbols]] that are truthbearers, being either true or false under an [[interpretation]]. Strawson [[advocated]] the use of the term "statement", and this is the current usage in [[mathematical]] [[logic]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition]

The [[existence]] of propositions in the [[abstract]] sense, as well as the existence of "[[meanings]]", is disputed by some philosophers. Where the [[concept]] of a "[[meaning]]" is admitted, its [[nature]] is [[controversial]]. In earlier [[texts]] writers have not always made it sufficiently clear whether they are using the term proposition in sense of the [[words]] or the "[[meaning]]" [[expressed]] by the words.[1] To avoid the controversies and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological] implications, the term sentence is often now used instead of proposition to refer to just those strings of [[symbols]] that are truthbearers, being either true or false under an [[interpretation]]. Strawson [[advocated]] the use of the term "statement", and this is the current usage in [[mathematical]] [[logic]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition]

[[Category: Logic]]

[[Category: Logic]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]