Definition:Categorical Statement/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Categorical Statement
The letters $A$, $E$, $I$ and $O$ are assigned to the various categorical statements from the first and second vowels to appear in the Latin words:
- AffIrmo (I affirm)
- nEgO (I deny).
Sources
- 1973: Irving M. Copi: Symbolic Logic (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $4$: Propositional Functions and Quantifiers: $4.1$: Singular Propositions and General Propositions