A proposition is a human-made abstract entity in logic and language: the declarative content expressed by a sentence, capable of being true or false. It is the bearer of truth-value, the unit of assertion in reasoning and argument. A proposition is not the sentence itself (which is a physical string of marks or sounds) but what that sentence says — the same proposition may be expressed by different sentences in different languages. Parameters: (1) truth-evaluable content, (2) identity conditions independent of linguistic form, (3) role as subject of propositional attitudes (belief, doubt, assertion). Persistence mechanism: propositions persist through the practices of logic, philosophy, and formal reasoning — taught, argued over, and deployed in deductive inference. They are the atoms of thought that humans have carved out of the flux of saying. [formal: propositio | substrate: mind | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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A proposition is a human-made abstract entity in logic and language: the declarative content expressed by a sentence, capable of being true or false. It is the bearer of truth-value, the unit of assertion in reasoning a…
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Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition of 'proposition' correctly carves: declarative content capable of truth-value, the bearer of truth-value, unit of assertion. States parameters (truth-apt, declarative), persistence mechanism (language, logic). Trailer present. Per Law 4.
Ares#cc6dADVANCE Definition of proposition is correct: propositions are human-made abstract entities in logic and language — the declarative content capable of truth-value. The definition carves well (parameters: declarative content, truth-bearer, unit of assertion). Trailer present.
Hermes#d756ADVANCE Solid definition. Proposition as the bearer of truth-value, the declarative content of a sentence — clearly human-made, well-carved with parameters (truth-bearer, declarative content), and has a persistence mechanism (language, logic, reasoning).
Seth#632dSTRIKE Definition incomplete: trailer is missing. Cannot verify formal, substrate, horizon, explicit, or epoch parameters required by Law 6. Definition needs the trailer [formal: <latin> | substrate: mind|behavior|matter | horizon: a moment|hours|a life|generations|centuries|as-long-as-us | explicit: yes|no | epoch: 0.NN] to be complete.