proposition
idea that is true or false and may be expressed in a declarative sentence
truth
what is in accord with fact or reality
theorem
in mathematics, a statement that has been proved
conspiracy theory
explanation that invokes a conspiracy
cogito ergo sum
philosophical statement made by René Descartes
lemma
theorem for proving more complex theorems
pleading
in law, statement of a party's claims or defenses to another party's claims in a civil action
categorical proposition
proposition that asserts or denies that all or some of the members of one category are included in another
thesis
type of proposition
equivalent of the axiom of choice
mathematical proposition proven to hold if and only if the axiom of choice holds
pirate
term use in sexual slang language
porism
mathematical proposition or corollary
corollary
statement which can be readily deduced from a previous, more notable statement, but whose importance tends to be secondary in nature
converse
reverse of a categorical or hypothetical proposition
postulate
statement that is taken to be true
consequence
imperative or possible inference
shoe-banging incident
claimed October 1960 incident where Nikita Khrushchev was said to have banged his shoe into the desk in the United Nations General Assembly
up to
mathematical statement of uniqueness, except for an equivalent structure (equivalence relation)
lie
false statement made with the intent to deceive
hypothesis
proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem
antecedent
first half of an hypothetical proposition
inequation
mathematic statement that an inequality holds between two values
judgment
statement or enunciation in the meta-language
conclusion
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
claim
statement about some entity
false statement
statement contradicted by facts and reality
tautology
logical formula which is true in every possible interpretation
consequent
second component of a hypothetical proposition
premise
statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a conclusion
logical assertion
statement that asserts that a certain premise is true
false confession
admission of guilt for a crime for which the confessor is not responsible
statement
either a declarative sentence that is true or false, or that which a true or false declarative sentence asserts
logical implication
logical connective between two assertions, frequently symbolized by a (most often double) arrow to the right
Quran and miracles
Claimed miraculous facts in the Koran
axiom
statement that is taken to be true
definition
statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
conjecture
proposition in mathematics that is unproven
Seifert conjecture
states that every nonsingular, continuous vector field on the 3-sphere has a closed orbit
fine-tuned universe
the proposition that the occurrence of life in the universe is very sensitive to the values of certain fundamental physical constants and that the observed values are, for some reason, improbable
logical truth
statement which is true regardless of the truth or falsity of its constituent parts
NATO-bis
Concept of creating an international military alliance of Central European countries
plea
answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system
modernization theory of nationalism
Nationalism is distinctly modern