propositional function

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n. Logic

An expression having the form of a proposition but containing undefined symbols for the substantive elements and becoming a proposition when appropriate values are assigned to the symbols.

propositional function

(Philosophy / Logic) another name for open sentence

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open sentence			He argues that Wittgenstein solved Russell's paradox by preventing a propositional function from being an argument of itself (2000: 439). Wittgenstein's Tractatus 3.333 and Russell's paradox by Sutrop, Urmas / Trames In our lives, most of our miseries do not originate in the field where the terms 'true' and 'false' apply, but in the field where they do not apply; namely, in the immense region of propositional functions and meaninglessness, where agreement must fail" (Korzybski, 1994, p. The harlot meets the general by Peterson, Valerie / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics The connection between this principle and the notion of propositional function is not hard to trace. From the archives by Miller, Nora / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics			proportional font Proportional logarithms proportional navigation proportional representation proportional sample proportional sampling Proportional scale proportional spacing proportional tax proportionalism proportionality proportionally proportionate proportionately Proportionateness Proportionless Proportionment proposal proposal of marriage propose proposer proposition Propositional propositional attitude propositional calculus propositional function propositional logic propositus propound Propounder propoxyphene propoxyphene hydrochloride propping up propr propraetor propranolol Propretor propria proprietary proprietary article Proprietary articles proprietary colony proprietary drug proprietary name proprietor proprietorial proprietorship proprietorship certificate proprietress propriety proprioception			propositi propositi propositi propositio proposition proposition proposition proposition Proposition (logic) Proposition (logic) Proposition (logic) Proposition (logic) Proposition of a Language Useable for Structured Specifications Proposition One Proposition Technique et Financière Proposition variable propositional propositional propositional propositional propositional algebra Propositional attitude Propositional attitude Propositional attitudes Propositional attitudes propositional calculus propositional calculus propositional calculus propositional connectives Propositional Dynamic Logic propositional function Propositional Interval Temporal Logic Propositional Linear Temporal Logic Propositional Linear Time Logic propositional logic propositional logic Propositional variable propositionally propositionally propositionally propositionally propositioned propositioned propositioned propositioned Propositioned War Reserve Propositioned-afloat Automated Maintenance Management System propositioning propositioning propositioning propositioning Propositioning Objective Propositioning Program Management Group propositions propositions propositions propositions propositum propositus propositus propositus

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