#proposition (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
supertype: #statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
part: #term.grammatical_constituent
subtype: #converse (logic) a proposition obtained by conversion
subtype: #lemma a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
subtype: #theorem a proposition deducible from basic postulates
subtype: #binomial_theorem a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power
subtype: #conclusion.proposition the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism
subtype: #postulate__posit (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
subtype: #premise__premiss__premis a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
subtype: #major_premise__majorpremise__major_premiss__majorpremis the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
subtype: #minor_premise__minorpremise__minor_premiss__minorpremis the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
subtype: #thesis an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
subtype: #condition.premise__precondition__stipulation an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
subtype: #boundary_condition (math) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
subtype: #proviso__provision a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
subtype: #axiom (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
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