A muhmalah proposition has a universal term as subject and predicates something of its members without specifying “all” or “some.” The textbook example is “Humans are living beings.” This is still a proposition; “indefinite” refers to its unexpressed quantifier, not to meaninglessness.
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Indefinite categorical propositions
Propositions: Categorical and Conditional Forms
A muhmalah proposition has a universal term as subject and predicates something of its members without specifying “all” or “some.” The textbook example is “Humans are living beings.” This is still a proposition; “indefinite” refers to its unexpressed quantifier, not to meaninglessness.