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predicate or
predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Predicate or
predication may
refer to:
Predicate (grammar), in
linguistics Predication (philosophy)...
- Look up
predicable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Predicable (Lat. praedicabilis, that
which may be
stated or affirmed,
sometimes called quinque...
- First-order logic, also
called predicate logic,
predicate calculus, or
quantificational logic, is a
collection of
formal systems used in mathematics, philosophy...
- In logic, a
predicate is a
symbol that
represents a
property or a relation. For instance, in the first-order
formula P ( a ) {\displaystyle P(a)} , the...
- The term
predicate is used in two ways in
linguistics and its subfields. The
first defines a
predicate as
everything in a
standard declarative sentence...
- In the
criminal law of the
United States, a
predicate crime or
offense is a
crime which is a
component of a
larger crime. The
larger crime may be racketeering...
- first-order
predicate is a
predicate that
takes only individual(s)
constants or
variables as argument(s).
Compare second-order
predicate and higher-order...
-
syntactic predicate specifies the
syntactic validity of
applying a
production in a
formal grammar and is
analogous to a
semantic predicate that specifies...
-
Vagrant predicates are
logical constructions that
exhibit an
inherent limit to
conceptual knowledge. Such
predicates can be used in
general descriptions...
- second-order
predicate is a
predicate that
takes a first-order
predicate as an argument.
Compare higher-order
predicate. The idea of
second order predication was...
