exponibleadj.n.
/ɛkˈspəʊnɪb(ə)l/ A. adj.
That admits of or requires explanation; spec. in Logic, of a proposition, that requires restatement in order to be employed in a syllogism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of types of propositions
causalc1530
subalternate1599
equipollent1642
reduplicative1671
subalternating1671
pure1697
poristic1704
desitive1725
inceptive1725
contrary1739
exponible1788
analytic1797
analytical1797
poristical1828
oristica1832
oristicosemeiotica1832
balanced1849
plurative1849
molecular1892
dyadic1897
monadic1897
dispositional1909
non-atomic1934
a1276 Petrus Hispanus vii. 6. 1 in Prantl Geschichte der Logik (1861) III. 67 n Propositio exponibilis est propositio habens sensum obscurum expositione indigentem.]
1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic iv. §7. 101 Such propositions are by some called exponible, by others imperfectly modal.
B. n.
An exponible proposition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > types of proposition
corollaryc1374
porism?a1425
exclusive1533
exponible1569
exceptive1570
continuative1725
desitive1725
inceptive1725
inceptive proposition1725
limitative1864
pseudo-proposition1883
metaphysics1935
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 22 b Of Consequences, of Indissolubles, of Exponibles.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. viii The exponibles of Master Hautechaussade.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 145 The latter [Compound Propositions in which the plurality of Judgments is concealed] are called Exponibles, because they need to be analyzed and explained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.n.1569