单词 | subaltern opposition |
释义 | > as lemmassubaltern opposition subaltern opposition n. Logic the relation between a universal and a particular proposition having the same subject and predicate and being of the same quality (cf. opposition n. 8). ΚΠ 1807 R. Kirwan Logick I. 77 Of Subaltern opposition... This is improperly called an opposition, for both propositions are affirmative, or both are negative, they differ only in quantity. 1849 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) iii. §52. 211 Subaltern opposition is between any pair of affirmative or negative judgments, when the one has fewer terms distributed than the other. 1991 W. T. Parry & E. A. Hacker Aristotelian Logic ii. viii. 158 Superalternation of opposites (or subaltern opposition) is the relation of a subaltern to its superaltern. < as lemmas |
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