# Assertoricity

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**Assertoric** is an [adjectival](/source/Adjective) expression in [Aristotelian logic](/source/Aristotelian_logic) that refers to [propositions](/source/Propositions) which merely assert that something is (or is not) the case. **Assertoricity** is the corresponding [abstract noun](/source/Abstract_noun).

*Assertoric propositions* contrast with [problematic propositions](/source/Problematic_proposition) which assert the possibility of something being true, and [apodeictic propositions](/source/Apodeictic_proposition) which assert things which are necessarily or [self-evidently](/source/Self-evident) true or false.[1] For instance, "Chicago is larger than Omaha" is assertoric. "A corporation could be wealthier than a country" is problematic. "Two plus two equals four" is apodeictic.

## Notes

1. [Kant](/source/Immanuel_Kant) contrasts "apodictic" with "problematic" and "assertoric" in the *[Critique of Pure Reason](/source/Critique_of_Pure_Reason)*, on page A70/B95.

## References

- [Antony Flew](/source/Antony_Flew). *A Dictionary of Philosophy – Revised Second Edition* St. Martin's Press, NY, 1979

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