particular affirmative proposition
logic
Also known as: I proposition
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A particular affirmative proposition, in traditional logic, is a statement that asserts that some members of a subject class are also members of a predicate class. It is one of the four basic forms of categorical propositions, represented by the letter "I" (from the Latin affirmo, meaning "I affirm"). An example is "Some students are athletes." This type of proposition affirms a connection between the subject and predicate but does not claim it applies to all members of the subject class.12
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