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Proposition القَضِيَّة
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Proposition
al-qaḍiyya
القَضِيَّة
A (qaḍiyya) is a statement of which it can be said to its speaker that he is truthful or a liar in it.
Explanation
A command or a question is not a , because truth and falsehood do not apply to it.
A is in four ways: , , and .
Also written as: qadiyya, qadiyyah, proposition.
In the text
الْقَضِيَّةُ: قَوْلٌ يَصِحُّ أَنْ يُقَالَ لِقَائِلِهِ: إِنَّهُ صَادِقٌ فِيهِ أَوْ كَاذِبٌ.A proposition is a statement of which it can rightly be said to the one who says it that he speaks truly or falsely.وَالْقَضِيَّةُ إِمَّا مُوجَبَةٌ كَقَوْلِنَا: زَيْدٌ كَاتِبٌ، وَإِمَّا سَالِبَةٌ كَقَوْلِنَا: زَيْدٌ لَيْسَ بِكَاتِبٍ.A proposition is either affirmative, as in “Zayd is a writer”, or negative, as in “Zayd is not a writer.”Examples
- كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ حَيَوَانٌEvery human is an animal
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Question 1
Which of these is the definition of a proposition (qaḍiyya)?
Al-Abharī defines the as a statement that can be true or false, which is why its speaker can be called truthful or a liar.
Question 2
Which of these is a proposition?
Only “Every metal is a body” can be called true or false; a question and a command cannot.
Question 3
Why is a command such as “Close the door” not a proposition?
One cannot say to someone giving a command that he is truthful or a liar in it, so a command falls outside the of a .
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