"Daniel Guntermann" <guntermann_at_uswest.net> wrote in message
news:z7xo8.134$pV.120526_at_news.uswest.net...
> Pardon the contradition, but a *proposition* is a statement that is either
> true or false; a *predicate* is a true proposition.
Let me suggest the following: A predicate is a statement with open
references such that when these are filled with specific objects, it turns
into a predicate. For example "x is married to y" is a predicate. The
statement "John is married to Mary" is a proposition (provided we know
exactly who John and Mary are).
Received on Thu Mar 28 2002 - 08:16:39 CST
