subalternantn.
/sʌbɔːlˈtəːnənt/, /sʌbɒlˈtəːnənt/, U.S. /səbɔlˈtərnənt/, /səbɑlˈtərnənt/ Logic.
The universal proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions (see subaltern adj. 1a). Cf. subalternate n.In quot. 1671: †either of a pair of subaltern propositions (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > universal proposition > relation to particular or subsidiary proposition
restriction1551
subalternation1650
subalternant1671
subalternans1792
1671 J. Newton Introd. Art Logick xx. 67 If after sign and subject this [not] be, Contraries then, make Aequipollenoie. Only before make contradictories, But ‘fore and aft’ are subalternants guise.
1823 J. Hill tr. H. Aldrich Rudim. of Logic (new ed.) 50 The truth of the Subalternate is deduced not immediately from the premises, but from the Subalternant.
1860 Brit. Controversialist New Ser. 2 147 From a true subalternant a false subalternate cannot follow; but a false subalternant may give a true subalternate.
1927 A. E. Avey Function & Forms of Thought xiii. 174 The relation of the members of each of these pairs has been called subalternation, the universal being styled the subalternant or the principal, and the particular the subaltern.
1970 Amer. Philos. Q. 7 114/1 ‘Ought’ and ‘right’ are related as subalternant and subalternate.
1993 A. Broadie Introd. Medieval Logic (ed. 2) vii. 140 If we start to construct a square of opposition by placing P&Q as one of the intended subalternants, we have a choice as to which proposition to place under it as its subalternate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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