Unome
05-21-2014, 07:46 PM
I'm going to write a brief little note here about the difference between propositions and prepositions.
Propositional statements and arguments almost always have three essential traits/characteristics:
1. Thesis
2. Antithesis
3. Synthesis
Example argument:
Person A: "Apples are green." (thesis)
Person B: "Well this apple is red. Thus apples are red." (antithesis)
Person A: "Fine then some apples are green –and– some apples are red." (synthesis)
Prepositional statements and arguments tend to be literal definitions and analogies.
Prepositional statements and arguments generally do not have a synthesis, and sometimes do not have an antithesis:
1. Thesis
2. Antithesis
Example statement:
"Bachelors are (defined as) unmarried men."
There is no antithesis to this statement; because it is definitive. Bachelors = Unmarried men. There is no converse statement and no contradiction. Because the act of defining terms sets them in a type of permanence. This is the major difference between prepositions and propositions. Prepositions are set, and focused on, their presumed, underlying definitions.
Propositional statements and arguments almost always have three essential traits/characteristics:
1. Thesis
2. Antithesis
3. Synthesis
Example argument:
Person A: "Apples are green." (thesis)
Person B: "Well this apple is red. Thus apples are red." (antithesis)
Person A: "Fine then some apples are green –and– some apples are red." (synthesis)
Prepositional statements and arguments tend to be literal definitions and analogies.
Prepositional statements and arguments generally do not have a synthesis, and sometimes do not have an antithesis:
1. Thesis
2. Antithesis
Example statement:
"Bachelors are (defined as) unmarried men."
There is no antithesis to this statement; because it is definitive. Bachelors = Unmarried men. There is no converse statement and no contradiction. Because the act of defining terms sets them in a type of permanence. This is the major difference between prepositions and propositions. Prepositions are set, and focused on, their presumed, underlying definitions.