particular affirmative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “Some S is P.” I

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Example Sentences

Then, taking any particular affirmative, such as Some metaphysicians are obscure, and writing x for 'metaphysicians,' and y for 'obscure,' we may express it thus: I. xy = v.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

The letters I, E and O are used respectively for the particular affirmative ``some x is y,'' the universal negative ``no x is y,'' and the particular negative ``some x is not y.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

If these alone constituted good society in America, we might simply adopt the European distinctions, and settle the chaperone question by a particular affirmative referring to these alone.

From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.

The word nothing is a general negative, and reputation is a particular affirmative.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Each figure is divided into modes, according to what are called the quantity and quality of the propositions, that is, according as they are universal or particular, affirmative or negative.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by Mill, John Stuart