universal negative
nounLogic.
a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e
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Such is the case also with the universal negative proposition.
Thought-Culture | William Walker AtkinsonWhen the Agnostic speaks of the "possibility" of miracles, he only means that we cannot prove a universal negative.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteA single instance to the contrary is enough to break down his universal negative.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William MintoThe cries of myriad free men living, & of millions yet unborn, rend the air with a universal negative!
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 | Ulysses S. GrantBut how does Aristotle prove the rule for the universal negative itself?
Aristotle | George Grote
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