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of proposition that uses the logical expressions "all," "some," "is," and "is not," to link "terms," which refer to some set, class or kind. this reference to categories, sets, or classes, is why they are called categorical propositions. an example of a categorical proposition is "all whales are mammals
sentence "the dog is black" employs the copula. in a categorical propositions, the copula links the subject term with the predicate term. in other words, it links up two terms, which each pick out categories of objects, with one another. the term, "whales," may (e.g.) be linked with another term, "mammals...
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