Refimprove date January 2008 A falsestatement is a statement that is either willfully or unknowingly untrue. Though the word fallacy is often used as a synonym for falsestatement , this is not logical fallacy what is meant by fallacy in logic or most formal contexts. A falsestatement need not be a lie . A lie is a statement that is known to be untrue and is used to mislead. A falsestatement is a statement that is untrue but not necessarily told to mislead, as a statement given by someone who does not know it is untrue. Examples of false statements Misleading statement lie John told his little brother that sea otters aren t mammals, but fish, even though John himself was a marine biologist and knew otherwise. John simply wanted to see his little brother fail his class report, in order to teach him to begin projects early, which help him develop skills necessary to succeed in life Statement made out of ignorance James, John s brother, stated in his class report that sea otters were fish. James got an F after his teacher pointed out why that statement was false. James did not know that sea otters were in fact mammals because he heard that sea otters were fish from his older brother John, a marine biologist . In law In some jurisdiction s, falsestatement is a crime similar to perjury . United States main Making false statements In U.S. law, a falsestatement generally refers to the United States federal false statements statute, contained in USC 18 1001 . Most commonly, prosecutors use this statute to reach cover up crimes such as perjury , false declarations, and obstruction ... fact br 2 makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation or br 3 makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. blockquote References reflist See also Making false statements ... Crime, 2 Ed. ref Its earliest progenitor was the False Claims Act , ref Hubbard v. United States , ussc ... more details
Wiktionary Statement may refer to A kind of Expression language expression in language linguistics Statement logic , declarative sentence that is either true or falseStatement programming , the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language Statement song Statement song , 2008 song by the Japanese band Boris Statements album Statements album , 1962 album by jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson Financial statements , formal records of the financial activities of a business, person, or other entity Mathematical statement , a statement in logic and mathematics Political statement , any act or nonverbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision to be made for or by a group Press statement , written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media Statement of Special Educational Needs , outlining specific provision needed for a child in England This is commonly referred to as a statement , and a child with a statement as statemented Paper size Other sizes a paper size also known as organizer L or half letter See also Sentence linguistics , words grouped meaningfully to express a statement, question, exclamation, request or command Theme music , a statement in music The Statement disambiguation disambiguation Category Statements sn Zvakadudzwa de Statement ckb fi V itt m ... more details
The Statement may refer to The Statement novel The Statement novel , a 1995 novel by Brian Moore The Statement film The Statement film , a 2003 film by Norman Jewison, based on Brian Moore s novel See also Statement disambiguation Disambiguation ... more details
wiktionary false falsehood False or falsehood may refer to False logic Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement Falsity or falsehood, in law, deceitfulness by one party that results in damage to another Falsies padding for use in a brassiere to create the appearance of larger breasts FALSE , a programming language false Unix , a Unix command False album False album , an album by Gorefest Matthew Dear or False, American DJ and producer Falsehood film Falsehood film , a 2001 American short film starring Marie Noelle Marquis See also columns list 2 False accusations False advertising False alarm False arrest False confession False consciousness False conviction False dilemma False document False ending False etymology False flag False friend False gharial False hero False imprisonment False memory False neurotransmitter False pregnancy False prophet False self False start True disambig de False it Falso scn False ... more details
Infobox programming language name FALSE released Start date 1993 developer Wouter van Oortmerssen influenced by Forth programming language Forth influenced Brainfuck website http strlen.com false strlen.com About the programming language other uses False disambiguation FALSE is an esoteric programming ... in 68k 68000 Assembly language assembly . According to Van Oortmerssen, FALSE provided the inspiration for various well known esoteric languages, including brainfuck and Befunge . FALSE is notably more ... contrast to the behemoths Intercal and Malbolge . The difficulty of programming in FALSE comes mostly ... flow statements, and input output operations. FALSE operations are done using a stack data structure ... values 0 representing false 1 representing true , and lambda calculus expressions. These can be used on the stack or stored in Variables variables . Basic operators FALSE supports binary operation ... a code would push 3 onto the stack if a has been assigned 3 . The heavy use of the stack in FALSE ... this to 3, leaving the stack as 4. Control flow FALSE has two control flow statements, if and while ... science String s are not a real data type in FALSE they only exist as string literal s and cannot ... to 1. Input Output Apart from strings, which print themselves, FALSE has a number of operators ... code . Comments cannot be nested. Code examples Sample programs taken from the FALSE Programming Language ... > outfile code 1 , Factorial calculator for numbers 1 through 8 1 1 f ? f fac in FALSE calculate ... the structure of FALSE was derived. Esoteric programming language Stack oriented programming language External links http strlen.com false false.txt The FALSE Programming Language Manual http strlen.com false The FALSE Programming Language Web Page these two links are also mirrored at http wouter.fov120.com false false.txt The FALSE Programming Language Manual http wouter.fov120.com false The FALSE Programming Language Web Page removed from de wiki in March, and again in April 2005 de False Programmiersprache ... more details
In economics and philosophy , a positive statement concerns what is , was , or will be , and contains no indication of approval or disapproval what should be . Positive statements are testable or, at least, it is possible to imagine facts that disprove them but can be factually incorrect The moon is made of black and gold cheese is empirically false, but is still a positive statement, as it is a statement about what is, not what should be. Positive statements are contrasted with normative statement s, which do make value judgements. Historical origins of the term could include reference to the philosophical notion of positivism . Citation needed date October 2010 References Cite book title An introduction to positive economics edition fourth pages 4 6 first Richard G. last Lipsey year 1975 publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson isbn 0297768999 http www.unc.edu depts econ byrns web Economicae Figures Positive Normative.htm Economae An Encyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Positive Statement Category Economics terminology Category Statements economic term stub ... more details
In logic a statement is either a a meaningful declarative sentence that is either true or false , or b what is asserted or made by the use of a declarative sentence. In the latter case, a statement is distinct from a Sentence linguistics sentence in that a sentence is only one formulation logic formulation of a statement, whereas there may be many other formulations expressing the same statement. Philosophy of language Philosopher of language , Peter Strawson advocated the use of the term statement in sense b in preference to proposition . Strawson used the term Statement to be such that two declarative sentences make the same statement if they say the same of the same thing. Thus the term statement may refer to a sentence or something made expressed by a sentence. In either case they are purported truthbearer truth bearers . Examples of sentences that are or make statements Socrates is a man. A triangle has three sides. Paris is the capital of Spain. The first two make statements that are true, the third is or makes a statement that is false. Examples of sentences that are not or do not make statements Who are you? Run Greenness perambulates I had one grunch but the eggplant over there. The King of France is wise. Pegasus exists. The first two examples are not declarative sentences ... meaning, are neither true nor false and therefore are not or do not make statements. The fifth and sixth examples are a meaningful declarative sentences. Russell held the fifth was false but Strawson held it was neither true nor false since it did not make a statement. Statement as an abstract entity In some treatments statement is introduced in order to distinguish a sentence from its information content. A statement is regarded as the information content of an information bearing sentence. Thus, a sentence is related to the statement it bears like a numeral to the number it refers ... place Budapest year 2000 isbn 963 379 978 3. Jasa Xenakis, Sentence and Statement , Analysis Vol ... more details
A Presidential Statement is often created when the United Nations Security Council cannot reach consensus or are prevented from passing a United Nations Security Council Resolution resolution by a permanent member s United Nations Security Council veto power veto , or threat thereof. Such statements are similar in content, format, and tone to resolutions, but are not legally binding. ref cite book last Matam Farrall first Jeremy title United Nations sanctions and the rule of law year 2007 publisher Cambridge University Press isbn 978 0521878029 page 21 url http books.google.co.uk books?id 4vCVDYufeMsC&pg PA21 v onepage&q&f false ref The adoption of a Presidential Statement requires consensus, although Security Council members may abstain. The Statement is signed by the sitting President of the United Nations Security Council Security Council President . References reflist External links http www.un.org documents pstatesc.htm Presidential Statements of the Security Council Category Statements UN stub it Presidential Statement ... more details
Orphan date August 2010 Statement analysis, also called statement validity assessment , content analysis , investigative discourse analysis , and scientific content analysis is a technique proponents claim can be used to detect concealed information, missing information, and whether the information that person has provided is true or false. ref name Leo ref name Skepdic ref name Adams cite web url http www.ncjrs.gov App publications Abstract.aspx?id 167485 title Statement Analysis What Do Suspects Words Really Reveal? last Adams first Susan H. date October 1996 publisher Polygraph Volume 25 Issue 4 pages 266 278 accessdate 14 September 2010 archiveurl http www.crimeandclues.com index.php testimonial evidence 47 statement analysis 81 statement analysis what do suspects words really reveal archivedate 21 September 2009 ref Statement analysis involves an investigator searching for linguistic cues and gaps in a subject s testimony or preliminary statements and using follow up questions to uncover discrepancies. Creator of Scientific Content Analysis SCAN Avinoam Sapir gives the example of someone saying, I counted the money, put the bag on the counter, and proceeded to go home. Sapir says the statement was literally true He counted the money when you steal you want to know how much you are stealing , and then the subject put the bag on the counter. The subject didn t say that he put ... of statement analysis is that denying guilt is not the same as denying the act. When one says I am ... am not involved in that. ref name Leo ref name Skepdic Proponents say statement analysis has proven ... process even begins. Statement analysis in general has been criticized as theoretically vague ... 4&ved 0CBwQ6AEwAw v onepage&q 22Statement 20Analysis 20&f false year 2008 publisher Harvard University ... Statement Analysis Scan or Scam?, by Robert A. Shearer, Skeptical Inquirer, May June 1999 ref classifying ... Voice stress analysis References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Statement Analysis Category Linguistics ... more details
A conditional statement may refer to Conditional statement logic , a conditional statement as used in philosophy, logic, and mathematics Conditional programming , a conditional statement in a computer programming language disambig ... more details
Closing statement may refer to Closing argument , or summation , the concluding statement of each party s counsel in a court case Closing statement real estate , a document describing a real estate transaction Closing statement debate , the concluding statement in a debate . disambig ... more details
The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Canadian Bishops Statement on the Encyclical .... ref http therosarium.ca indextemps winnipeg.html Winnipeg Statement together with opposing ... Vitae , the Winnipeg Statement was an attempt by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to address ..., 1968 . http www.catholic legate.com articles winnipeg.html Canadian Bishops Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae para. 17 . Public statement. ref With regard to those in that situation, the confessor ... statement which has been the subject of the most controversy, as has been widely interpreted as a loophole ... and importance of personal religious freedom of conscience . Support Some see the statement as an honest ... of making a statement which many felt could not be a simple Amen , a total and formal endorsement ... May 2, 2006. ref Some have claimed that the statement was accepted with satisfaction by Pope ... . http catholicinsight.com online church humanae printer 124.shtml That Winnipeg Statement Again . Catholic ... of the Winnipeg Statement, per se. Opposition The statement was met with immediate and vocal opposition ... activists . The objections of opponents to the statement are perhaps best summarized in the writings of Vincent Foy Msgr. Vincent Foy , who contends, among other things, that the Winnipeg Statement ..., partially repudiated the wording of the most controversial paragraph of the statement ... legate.com articles fiftyreasons.html Fifty Reasons Why The Winnipeg Statement Should be Recalled ... church the day they signed this Winnipeg Statement. ref Jetchick, Stefan Oct 22, 2004 . http www.inquisition.ca en serm winnipeg.htm The Winnipeg Statement . Inquisition.ca. Retrieved May 2, 2006 ... Statement, they issued a year later a statement in which they declared Nothing could be gained ... exercised by the Holy Father in an encyclical letter. It is false and dangerous to maintain that because ... 1969, Statement on Family Life and Related Matters ref In 1998, the Canadian Bishops voted by secret ... more details
A statement of faith is a statement of the core beliefs of a religious group. A typical statement of faith is said to be a non comprehensive summary of the core beliefs of a particular faith within a tradition or traditions . Even religious organizations without affiliation will use a statement of faith for identification and definition. Although adherence to a statement of faith is not usually required for membership, it can serve as a normative statement of all corporate worshippers. Other cases are more demanding of compliance. One example of such a statement had been encapsulated in Judaism by Maimonides in his famous Jewish principles of faith Maimonides 13 principles of faith 13 Principles of Faith . The Nicene Creed is commonly cited as a statement of faith in various forms of Christianity , including Anglicanism , Roman Catholicism , and major Orthodox Christianity Orthodox traditions. Sources Maimonides Principles The Fundamentals of Jewish Faith , in The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology, Volume I , Mesorah Publications 1994 See also Mission statement Creed religion stub Category Statements religion Faith ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The term political statement is used to refer to any act or non verbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision to be made for or by a political party. A political statement can vary from a mass demonstration to the wearing of a badge with a political slogan . It was a term popularised in the 1960s but still has some currency. The term has also been used to describe negotiated statements such as the Seville Statement on Violence or the Waldorf Statement , or extempore utterances with political implications. DEFAULTSORT Political statement Poli term stub Category Political activism ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date October 2011 Released to the Arab Press on January 9, 2001 The Statement of 1,000 was a follow up to the Statement of 99, but the reform prescription it was to advocate was heatedly debated by the civil activists who drafted it. The document was leaked to the Lebanese press before all the intended signatories had approved the final text. Reprising the call for reforms of the Statement of 99, but couched in loftier rhetoric, the Statement of 1,000 goes far beyond previous demands with its call for the replacement of one party rule by a multiparty democracy. Its publication was one of the triggers that prompted the Damascus Winter crackdown on civil society activists by the regime. Note The source for The Statement of 99 is al Hayat, September 27, 2000. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Statement of 99 Poli term stub Category Political activism ... more details
A statement of purpose , or personal statement , is a brief and focused essay about one s career or research goals, and is frequently required for applicants to university universities , graduate school s, and profession professional schools. It is a required document when applying for admission to most professional programs in the United States. Often, a Statement of Purpose SoP is used as a yardstick to assess the capabilities of a prospective student in terms of critical thinking, analytical abilities, interests, aims and aspirations. It is a good way for an applicant to communicate with the admissions committee. Most admissions committees look for a short, crisp and clearly written SoP. It is also known as a Graduate School Essay. Other universities sometimes call it a Letter of Intent , Letter of Intention , Statement of Intent , Statement of Intention , Statement of Interest , Goals Statement , Personal Narrative or Application Essay . The content and length of the essay is usually determined by guidelines set by each academic institution. In the UK all universities operate by the system UCAS in which a personal statement must be submitted which can only contain 4000 word characters or 47 lines External links http www.english.ucsb.edu undergrad aftermajor statement of purpose.asp University of California English Department Hints from people who read many Statements of Purpose http www.cs.umd.edu Grad sop.html Tips on Writing a Statement of Purpose http www.uni.edu gotera gradapp stmtpurpose.htm How to Write a Great Statement of Purpose http career.berkeley.edu Grad GradStatement.stm Career Center Graduate School Statement Category Academia Statement of purpose Category Statements Purpose edu stub th ... more details
A doctrinal statement is a statement of doctrine made by a Church body church or other religious institution which quantifies precisely its core beliefs on certain issues. It is common for doctrinal statements to include positions on lectionary and translations of the Bible , particularly in evangelicalism evangelical churches, some of which accept only the King James Version . In the Roman Catholic Church , a doctrinal statement can be made by the Pope himself, usually with the help of the Holy Office , a statement which then becomes part of the Magisterium of the Church. The Magisterium can be Ordinary and Extraordinary, depending on the degree of solemnity of the statements. See also Creed christian theology stub Category Statements religion Category Religious belief and doctrine ... more details
The thesis statement states the thesis or argument of the author in an essay or similar document. Usually no less than five sentences or six long, it is a focused section of text that clearly delineates the argument that is presented in the work and is usually found at the end of the first paragraph of a paper. The thesis statement says what the author or authors are trying to prove in the document. The thesis statement is invaluable when constructing an Outline summary outline , as it shows what points need to be proven. Often, amateur writers will try to make a thesis statement a summary of what they will talk about. They will do this by constructing their statement by piecing together the central points from each idea that they will cover in their paper. This makes for a convoluted thesis statement which is most likely a run on sentence . External links http thesisstatement.org strong and weak thesis statement examples Thesis Statement Examples http tipsforresearchpapersandessays.blogspot.com 2009 01 how to write thesis statement.html How to Write a Thesis Statement http grammar.ccc.commnet.edu grammar composition thesis.htm Guide to Grammar and Writing Thesis Statement http asaslab.mems.duke.edu guide node5.html Duke University Preliminary Exam Proposal Guide Problem Statement http web.idrc.ca en ev 56596 201 1 DO TOPIC.html International Development Research Center Analysis and Statement of the Problem http www.indiana.edu 7Ewts pamphlets thesis statement.shtml Indiana University Thesis Statements Category Essays Category School terminology Category Writing ca Tesi de These es Tesis eo Tehy it Tesi nl These no Tese ro Tez retoric ru uk ... more details
Chicago Statement may reference the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
confusing date November 2010 An eternal statement is a statement whose type token distinction token instances all have the same truth value . For instance, every inscription or utterance of the sentence On July 15, 2009 it rains in Boston. has the same truth value, no matter when or where it is asserted. This type of statement is distinguished from others in that its context will not influence its truth value. References W.V.O. Quine , Philosophy of Logic Category Philosophical logic Category Statements ... more details
A witness statement is a statement summarising the oral evidence that a witness will give at trial. The purpose the witness statement is to set out the evidence of the witness in some jurisdictions the statement will stand as the Testimony evidence in chief of the witness particularly in non criminal trials , and the trial will simply proceed to cross examination . In other jurisdictions, the witness statement only serves as a preview of the evidence to be given by the witness as part of the discovery law discovery process . Generally speaking, in the United States witness statements are generally eschewed in favour of an extensive discovery process including Deposition law deposition of key witnesses prior to trial. External links http www.pinsentmasons.com media 1112787891.pdf Summary of witness statements under English law http www.hse.gov.uk enforce enforcementguide investigation witness witness.htm HSE guide to witness statements Category Statements law Category Legal procedure Category Evidence law law stub ... more details
Sherman esque statement or Sherman speech is American political jargon for a clear and direct statement by a potential candidate indicating that he or she will not run for a particular elected position. The term derives from the Sherman pledge , a remark made by American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman when he was being considered as a possible Republican Party United States Republican candidate for the United States presidential election, 1884 presidential election of 1884 . He declined, saying, I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected. Thirteen years prior, he had similarly asserted, I hereby state, and mean all that I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President that if nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve. ref Keyes in Nice Guys Finish Seventh False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations , p. 13. ref These statements are often abbreviated as If drafted, I will not run if nominated, I will not accept if elected, I will not serve. ref Marszalek in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War , p. 1769. ref Examples President Lyndon B. Johnson famously invoked the pledge in his March 31, 1968, national address announcing that he would not seek a second full term, saying I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president. ref http millercenter.org scripps archive speeches detail 3388 Remarks on Decision not to Seek Re Election March 31, 1968 by Lyndon Baines Johnson ref Since then, journalist s have often pushed for potential candidates to give a Sherman pledge in lieu of a less definitive answer. In 1983, Democratic Party United States Democratic Congressman Mo Udall of Arizona , who was famous for his wit and who had campaigned for president in 1976, was asked if he would run ... News whether he would pursue the presidency in 2008, Vice President Dick Cheney quoted Sherman s statement ... more details
Unreliable sources date November 2010 The Erice statement is a statement written by Paul Dirac , Piotr Kapitza , and Antonino Zichichi asking for freedom of expression for Scientists as well as the disarmament of nuclear weapons. It has been signed by over 90,000 scientists ref cite web url http www.ccsem.infn.it em erice statement Erice Statement.pdf title The Erice statement publisher Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture accessdate 18 October 2010 ref as well as numerous world leaders including Mikhail Gorbachev , Ronald Reagan and Deng Xiaoping . ref cite web url http www.federationofscientists.org WfsErice.asp title The Erice Statement publisher World Federation of Scientists accessdate 18 October 2010 ref ref cite web url http www.ntnu.no c document library get file?uuid 0508f0ce 9f7d 4fa9 a382 0c6b097c5f03&groupId 10265 title Trading Science and Technology policy in Italy page 10 publisher Norwegian University of Science and Technology accessdate 18 October 2010 ref References references Use dmy dates date October 2010 DEFAULTSORT Erice Statement Category Scientific documents Science stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A meaningless statement is a statement which posits nothing of substance which can be agreed or disagreed with. In the context of logical fallacy logical fallacies , the inclusion of a meaningless statement in the premises of the argument will undermine the validity of the argument since the premise can neither be confirmed nor falsified. It can be difficult to prove that a statement is meaningless because such statements are often offered in bad faith. There are many classes of meaningless statement A statement in argumentation may be considered meaningless because it asserts that two categories are disjoint without proposing a way to distinguish among them. For instance, the claim, Pornography is different from erotica , but not in any particular way I can explain, is a distinction without a difference . A purported statement may be meaningless if its terms are undefined, or more precisely if it contains unbound variables. For instance, the sentence All of the fronnicks have three sazzles apiece is meaningless if the terms fronnick and sazzle are undefined or unbound . A grammatically correct sentence may be meaningless if it ascribes properties to particulars which admit of no such class of properties. For instance, in the famous sentence Colorless green ideas sleep furiously , the property of green color is ascribed to ideas, which do not have color. An ungrammatical sentence admits of no meaning. For instance, the string of words deities Olympus Greek reside The. upon forms no sentence, and cannot be said to have meaning. Adherents to various forms of positivism regard a statement as meaningless if it cannot be verified or falsified. For instance, Thomism Thomists make statements about undetectable essences of things, which by definition can never be sensed or perceived positivists regard such statements as without ... of totally unobservable fibers. See also Non sequitur logic Nonsense DEFAULTSORT Meaningless Statement ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Opening statement legalman mock trial Dec 23 08.jpg thumb 250px right A legalman making an opening statement for the prosecution to a jury during a mock trial . An opening statement is generally the first occasion that the trier of fact jury or judge has to hear from a lawyer in a trial law trial , aside possibly from questioning during voir dire . The opening statement is generally constructed to serve as a road map for the fact finder. This is especially essential, in many jury trials, since jurors at least theoretically know nothing at all about the case before the trial, or if they do, they are strictly instructed by the judge to put preconceived notions aside . Though such statements may be dramatic and vivid, they must be limited to the evidence reasonably expected to be presented during the trial. Attorneys generally conclude opening statements with a reminder that at the conclusion of evidence, the attorney will return to ask the fact finder to find in his or her client s favor. Opening statements are, in theory, not allowed to be argumentative , or suggest the inferences that fact finders should draw from the evidence they will hear. In actual practice, the line between statement and argument is often unclear and many attorneys will infuse at least a little argumentation into their opening often prefacing borderline arguments with some variation on the phrase, As we will show you... . Objection law Objections , though permissible during opening statements, are very unusual, and by professional courtesy are usually reserved only for egregious ... law civil case is the first to offer an opening statement, and defendants go second. Defendants are also allowed the option of delaying their opening statement until after the close of the prosecution ... to stand uncontradicted for so long. External links wikiquote wiktionary opening statement DEFAULTSORT Opening Statement Category Statements Category Legal procedure ... more details
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