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affirmative

affirmative In this historical logic usage, affirmative refers to the symbol A, which stands for a universal affirmative judgment: a statement asserting that all members of a class have a given property.

In this historical logic usage, affirmative refers to the symbol A, which stands for a universal affirmative judgment: a statement asserting that all members of a class have a given property.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “A” (A).
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