singular existential statement

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A singular statement that states the existence of its subject.
    — The statement Jesus exists is a singular existential statement, because it is a singular statement and it states the existence of its subject.
  2. In Popperian epistemology, a statement that contains the equivalent of an existential quantifier and one or more proper names.
    — The statement In 1697, during the expedition of Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh, there were black swans on the Swan River in Australia is a singular existential statement, while There are black swans is not.

词形变化

singular existential statements plural
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