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† supposit Sc. Obs. [ad. L. suppositus: see suppost.] = suppost b.1532 in Parl. Papers Eng. (1837) XXXVII. 181 (Rep. Commiss. Univ. Scotl., St. Andrew's) The rector, studentis, and suppositis of the Universite of Sanctandris. 1547 Ibid. 235 (Glasgow) Immuniteis..granted to the said Universite, recto...
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Supposition theory
For to signify belongs to an utterance, but to supposit belongs to a term already, as it were, put together out of an utterance and a signification." When I say Cup is a monosyllabic word, I am using the word cup to supposit materially for the utterance cup rather than for a piece of pottery.
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suppositive
suppositive, a. (n.) (səˈpɒzɪtɪv) [ad. late L. suppositīvus, f. supposit-, pa. ppl. stem of suppōnĕre to suppone. Cf. F. suppositif.] 1. Of the nature of, implying, or grounded on supposition; suppositional. † suppositive necessity = ‘hypothetical necessity’ (hypothetical 3).1605 Camden Rem. 39 Not ...
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Square of opposition
He goes on to cite a medieval philosopher William of Moerbeke (1215–35 – ),
In affirmative propositions a term is always asserted to supposit for something However, in negative propositions the assertion is either that the term does not supposit for something or that it supposits for something of which the
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supposite
▪ I. supposite, n. Now rare. Also -it. [ad. L. suppositum, q.v.] 1. Metaph. A being that subsists by itself, an individual thing or person (= substance 2); sometimes, a being in relation to its attributes (= substance 3, subject n. 6); = suppositum 1.1612 Sheldon Serm. at St. Martin's 7 A Christ con...
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supposital
† suˈpposital, a. Metaph. Obs. [ad. mod.L. suppositālis, f. suppositum: see suppositum and -al1.] Belonging or relating to a ‘supposite’: see supposite n. 1. So † supposiˈtality [mod.L. suppositālitās], the condition of being ‘supposital’, or of being a ‘supposite’; † suˈppositate v. trans., to be i...
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Syllogism
existential import and maintained that negative propositions do not carry existential import, and that positive propositions with subjects that do not supposit
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suppost
suppost Obs. exc. Hist. (səˈpəʊst) Also 6 Sc. suppoist, 6–7 supposte. [a. OF. suppost (mod.F. suppôt), ad. L. suppositus, pa. pple. of suppōnĕre to suppone.] A subordinate; a supporter, follower, adherent. (In first quot. app. a subsidiary set of organs.)1490 Caxton Eneydos xxvii. 104 The Impression...
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William of Sherwood
The theory attempts to explain how the truth of simple sentences, expressed schematically, depend on how the terms "supposit" or stand for certain extra-linguistic
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suppository
▪ I. suppository, n. (səˈpɒzɪtərɪ) Also 6–7 -ary, -arie. [ad. late L. suppositōrium, neut. sing., used subst., of suppositōrius placed underneath or up, f. supposit-, suppōnĕre to suppone. Cf. F. suppositoire.] A plug of conical or cylindrical shape to be introduced into the rectum in order to stimu...
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supposititious
supposititious, a. (səpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs) [f. L. suppositītius, -īcius, f. supposit-, pa. ppl. stem of suppōnĕre: see suppone and -itious.] 1. Put by artifice in the place of another; fraudulently substituted for the genuine thing or person; hence, pretended (to be what it is not), not genuine, spurious, co...
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Mind–body dualism
The intellectual soul by itself is not a human person (i.e., an individual supposit of a rational nature). Hence, Aquinas held that "soul of St.
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History of logic
In the proposition 'every man is an animal', does the term 'man' range over or 'supposit for' men existing just in the present, or does the range include Can a term supposit for a non-existing individual? Some medievalists have argued that this idea is a precursor of modern first-order logic.
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-itious
▪ I. -itious1 compound suffix of adjs., f. L. -ici-us or -īci-us + -ous. These L. endings, from the confusion of c and t in late and med.L. MSS., were formerly written -itius, whence the current Eng. spelling for the etymologically correct -icious. The L. adjs. were of two classes: a. those in -iciu...
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supposition
supposition (sʌpəˈzɪʃən) [ad. L. suppositio, -ōnem, n. of action f. supposit-, suppōnĕre to suppone. Cf. F. supposition, It. supposizione, Sp. suposicion, Pg. supposi{cced}ão. The current meanings arose from the equation of med.L. suppositio to Gr. ὑπόθεσις hypothesis, of which it is the etymologica...
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