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A proposition is a categorical statement that asserts whether a subject is included in or excluded from a predicate set. Propositions have four parts - a quantifier specifying quantity, a subject term, a predicate denoting what is affirmed of the subject, and a copula relating the subject and predicate. Examples of propositions include "All men are mortal" and "Some cats are black." Propositions are classified based on their quantifier and quality of inclusion or exclusion of the subject in the predicate.

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Quantifier + Subject + Copula + Predicate

A proposition is a categorical statement that asserts whether a subject is included in or excluded from a predicate set. Propositions have four parts - a quantifier specifying quantity, a subject term, a predicate denoting what is affirmed of the subject, and a copula relating the subject and predicate. Examples of propositions include "All men are mortal" and "Some cats are black." Propositions are classified based on their quantifier and quality of inclusion or exclusion of the subject in the predicate.

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In Logic, any categorical statement is termed as the Proposition.

A Proposition (or a categorical statement) is a statement that asserts that either a part of, or the
whole of, one set of objects - the set identified by the subject term in the sentence expressing
that statement - either is included in, or is excluded from, another set - the set identified by the
predicate term in that sentence.
The standard form of a proposition is :
Quantifier + Subject + Copula + Predicate
Thus, the proposition consists of four parts :
1. Quantifier: The words 'all', 'no' and 'some' are called quantifiers because they specify a
quantity 'All' and 'no' are universal quantifiers because they refer to every object in a certain set,
while the quantifier 'some' is a particular quantifier because it refers to at least one existing object
in a certain set.
2. Subject (denoted by 'S'): The subject is that about which something is said.
3. Predicate (denoted by 'P'): The predicate is the part of the proposition denoting that which is
affirmed or denied about the subject.
4. Copula : The copula is that part of the proposition which denotes the relation between the
subject and the predicate.
Examples:

Four-Fold Classification of Propositions :

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