Assertoric Judgment

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The third stage of the concept/modality judgments ("S is P"). It expresses actuality/facticity. It asserts that something is the case, but without yet showing the necessity (which only the apodictic judgment accomplishes). It is the form of the mere assertion.

Origin: Kant (categories of modality). Hegel (development of the forms of judgment).

In Hegel: Enc. §178; SL Vol. 2, Subjective Concept, The Judgment

Cross-references: Judgment; Modality judgments; Problematic Judgment

Commentary on the Logic, Chapter 10

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