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identical proposition
noun
- a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”
identical proposition
noun
- logic a necessary truth, esp a categorial identity, such as whatever is triangular has three sides
Word History and Origins
Origin of identical proposition1
Example Sentences
Consequently the statement of this lady that some or all of the actions done in bad form shocked her is an identical proposition of the form “nothing shocks me, except, of course, the things which do, in fact, shock me”; and this statement the lady certainly did not intend to make.
“That, my friend,” replied Stephen, “is an identical proposition.”
If the writer means to say that power to choose either the one or the other of two objects is power to choose either—this is an identical proposition: it is only saying, If a thing is, it is.
That is my identical proposition.
It is an identical proposition, which experience can neither shake nor confirm.
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