to proposition

Definition von to proposition im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To propose a plan to (someone); An idea or a plan offered; To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature; As a special case, textbooks often, and papers sometimes, label an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem, a proposition. Normally this is part of a numerical reference system (Proposition 3.2, Lemma 3.3, Theorem 3.4); In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate; An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false; (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party; That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted; a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party; a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"; {n} a thing proposed, an offer; A proposition is a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true. The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample; The terms of a transaction offered; A sentence with a truth-value; a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"; In the United States, a proposition is a question or statement about an issue of public policy which appears on a voting paper so that people can vote for or against it. Vote Yes on Proposition 136, but No on Propositions 129, 133 and 134; {i} offer; plan; theory; theorem (Mathematics); problem (Slang); (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false; To propose some illicit behaviour to, often sexual in nature; An assertion with a definable truth value; a claim about a certain state of affairs that may be true or false; The act of offering (an idea) for consideration; A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white; A proposition is an offer or a suggestion that someone makes to you, usually concerning some work or business that you might be able to do together. You came to see me at my office the other day with a business proposition; A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed; suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"; The meaning of a sentence that makes a claim, that is, a sentence that can either be true or false For example, "The current president is bald" expresses a proposition, but not "Is the current president bald?" or "Shave the current president's head!" because the first sentence can either be true or false, but not the latter two A proposition is identified with the meaning of a sentence, and not the sentence itself, since the same claim or proposition can be expressed in two different sentences, such as "It is raining" and "Il pleut " In philosophical terminology "proposition" and "statement" are often used interchangably; that which is characteristically stated by a declarative sentence and can be true or false Understanding the nature and structure of propositions is often seen as the central task of the philosophical examination of logic Philosophers consider the apparently different functions of components of propositions (names, predicates and logical constants) and how they are unified into something capable of having a truth value They ask about how the form, meaning and use of propositions are related and how different propositions have logical relations They ask how linguistic or psychological states can have propositional contents The existence of propositions, as opposed to sentences, is challenged by those suspicious of their abstract nature; In some states of the US, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate; If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficult proposition or an attractive proposition, you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do. Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition; The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering; The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it; proposal, offer, or suggestion, as in: We gave them our proposition and they accepted it on the spot; That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration; makes a claim about some domain of inquiry Also called hypotheses The higher one's class status, the greater one's power is a proposition; the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"; In Livingstone, a Proposition is an element of a Clause It is an equality predicate that is partitioned into Positive Propositions and Negative Propositions Same Propositions can be expressed as Positive Propositions and Different Propositions can be expressed as Negative Propositions A Clause may Support a Proposition; If someone who you do not know very well propositions you, they suggest that you have sex with them. He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague. Proposition is also a noun. unwanted sexual propositions. to suggest to someone that they have sex with you; To propose a plan to; The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors); A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss; What is conveyed by a declarative sentence used to make a statement or assertion Each proposition is either true or false, though in a particular instance we may not know which it is Recommended Reading: Gabriel Nuchelmans, Judgment and Proposition (Royal Netherlands Academy, 1983) {at Amazon com} and Philip L Peterson, Fact, Proposition, Event (Kluwer, 1997) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP, SEP on singular and structured propositions, and OCDL; An expression about an object which can have either a true or false value; Single relationship between two concepts on a concept map; In mathematics, a proposition is an assertion formulated in such a way that it may be proved true or false; Smallest unit of information that is meaningful (Solso) A type of code in memory in which the record abstractly represents the smallest meaningful unit of information Kintsch proposed a propositional representation in which relations organized arguments (Anderson)