prosleptic

English

Adjective

prosleptic (not comparable)

  1. (logic) Being or involving a particular kind of proposition in a syllogism. (See Wikipedia article.)
    • 1972, Richard Walzer, Samuel Miklos Stern, Albert Hourani, Islamic Philosophy and the Classical Tradition (page 195)
      Since a prosleptic formula involves generalization over kinds, it must be understood to entail every proposition expressible by […]
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