Sentences with phrase «true propositions»

Since this structure was uniform, one could assert true propositions about a red spot here or on Jupiter, and for just the same reason that one could speak meaningfully about the distance from our sun to the star Sirius.

It unites both the universality and particularity of true propositions by relating the singular experiences of others, so that we perceive the things as our own.

Why are timelessly true propositions gradually embodied?

In a deterministic world, are all true propositions logically necessary?

Although Whitehead makes the necessary gestures toward true propositions and even truth itself, he is adamant in maintaining that the real import of a proposition in the process view of the world is that it be interesting, not true (AI 244; PR 224/343, 259 / 395f).

There are innumerable true propositions that are so trivial as not to be worth entertaining.

Royce fully accepted Russell's logicist thesis — the voluntaristic twist given to it by Royce we need not consider here — that there are «absolutely true propositions» in pure mathematics which are, in turn, based on absolute truths of pure logic.

Setting aside the question of how true that proposition is (Canadian universities — including those hosting law schools — are largely charter free zones when it comes to free speech.

Thus, in the case of true propositions a true affirmation corresponds to a positive state of affairs, e.g., «This thing is white,» and a true denial corresponds to a negative state of affairs, e.g., «This thing is not white.»

If stated tenselessly, all true propositions about matters of fact are timelessly true.

Yes, if causal determinism be true, then all true propositions about the future can be formulated as conclusions of deductive arguments in which the relevant causal laws and the initial conditions form the premises.

«The fact that propositions were first considered in connection with logic, and the moralistic preference for true propositions,» Whitehead contends, «have obscured the role of propositions in the actual world....

A proposition is interesting according to Whitehead because it in some way influences the concrescence of an actual entity whether or not it is a true proposition.

Boole devised a way to calculate logical conclusions about propositions using binary numbers; 1 represented a true proposition and 0 a false proposition.

If the circuit plays the role of the proposition, then a false proposition (0) corresponds to a closed circuit; a true proposition (1) corresponds to an open circuit.

Prévieux's work engages with and exposes the systems, structures and semantics of economics and technology and includes The Totality of True Propositions (Before), 2009, a bookcase of books on subjects rendered obsolete and What Shall We Do Next?

Wilson LJ distinguished the case on its facts from the case of White v White, referring to the speech of Lord Nicholls in Miller v Miller, McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] 3 All ER 1, [2006] 2 AC 618, at [25] and suggesting that the true proposition made in that case was that the importance of the source of inherited assets may diminish over time.