Russell (1961: 679):
[For Kant] a 'synthetic' proposition is one that is not analytic. All the propositions that we know only through experience are synthetic. We cannot, by mere analysis of concepts, discover such truths as 'Tuesday was a wet day' or 'Napoleon was a great general'.
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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, all propositions are instances of interpersonal potential; and all the propositions that we know are ideas projected by sensers engaged in mental processes. For propositions, the scale between positive and negative polarity is modalisation: degrees of probability or usuality.
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