universal negative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “No S is P.” E, e

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universal negative

And the universal negative "nobody calls on her" is well met by the particular affirmative "I called yesterday."

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)

Obviously a Sorites may contain one particular premiss, provided it is the first; and one universal negative premiss, provided it is the last.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

When the Agnostic speaks of the "possibility" of miracles, he only means that we cannot prove a universal negative.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

This universal, negative to begin with, has its seat not elsewhere than in thought.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

It cannot testify to any such universal negative; and one might as well require a mathematical demonstration of the point in dispute, as to demand such evidence from us.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor