Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The logical theory of the proposition.
- Containing or consisting of a declaration, statement, or proposition; declaratory.
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- adjective Having a
declaration ,statement , orproposition
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Examples
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Aristotle, in his time, distinguished between semantic and apophantic propositions, and noted, that if all propositions be _semantic_, not all are _apophantic_.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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Which shows that, umm, an apophantic cannot hold back the tide of fact checkers.
enowning enowning 2008
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Which shows that, umm, an apophantic cannot hold back the tide of fact checkers.
Archive 2008-02-01 enowning 2008
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Or perhaps, prove to be just so much apophantic-ness.
Archive 2007-03-01 enowning 2007
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He determines language no longer as apophantic assertion, but as the appropriation that brings being-there to its essence and makes it the 'there' of Being.
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He determines language no longer as apophantic assertion, but as the appropriation that brings being-there to its essence and makes it the 'there' of Being.
enowning enowning 2007
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Semi-coincidentally, I turned on the computer this morning intending to look up apophantic, which I'd come across in Husserl, and also comes from apo and phaino.
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I had a few philosophy teachers in France who felt very uneasy about confusing the apophatic with the apophantic.
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Language is art, not in so far as it is apophantic, but in so far as it is, generically, semantic.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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Aristotle, when he wished to give an example of those propositions which were not _apophantic_, but generically _semantic_ (we should say, not logical, but purely Aesthetic), and did not predicate the logically true and false, but nevertheless said something, gave as example invocation or prayer, _hae enchae_.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
qms commented on the word apophantic
Befuddlement makes me quite frantic.
The migraine I get is gigantic.
I sadly confess
I feel this distress
While struggling to grasp "apophantic."
July 3, 2016