noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Academic or logical use: a statement, proposition, or central thesis that can be argued, examined, or tested. Especially common in logic, mathematics, philosophy, and scholarly writing.
Even if this proposition is true, its converse is not necessarily true.
His paper examines the thesis that markets are always rational.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Formal use for an important issue or challenge to be faced, often in social, political, academic, or business contexts. It sounds more abstract and weighty than everyday 問題 or 課題.
Measures against the declining birthrate are an important challenge for the government.
Decarbonization has become an unavoidable issue for many companies.
It took him ten years to prove the proposition.
This proposition only holds under certain conditions.
He formulated a proposition as the starting point of his research.
We need to seriously tackle the issue of the declining birthrate.
The company has put forward environmental protection as a central management issue.
propositional function; sentential function
affirmative proposition
propositional logic