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仮言的判断 (kagentekihandan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仮か言げん的てき判はん断だん

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Meanings

1

hypothetical judgment

rare term

A rare technical term in philosophy and logic, referring to a judgment that asserts a conditional or hypothetical relationship between propositions.

カントの『純じゅん粋すい理り性せい批ひ判はん』では、仮

か

言げん

的てき

判はん

断だん

は

「

もし

A

なら

ば

B

で

ある

」

と

いう

形けい

式しき

を

とる

。

In Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason', a hypothetical judgment takes the form 'If A, then B'.

Kanji

仮sham, temporary, interim
言say, word
的bull's eye, mark, target
判judgement, judgment, signature
断severance, decline, refuse

Related words

定てい言げん的てき判はん断だん
Categorical judgment, asserting an unconditional relation between subject and predicate, as opposed to the conditional nature of 仮言的判断.
選せん言げん的てき判はん断だん
Disjunctive judgment, presenting alternatives, whereas 仮言的判断 presents a conditional relation.

Built from

仮か言げん的てき+

Etymology

Compound of 仮言 (hypothetical statement) + 的 (adjectival suffix) + 判断 (judgment). The term is a calque from Western philosophical terminology, likely from German 'hypothetisches Urteil'.

判はん断だん