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A-Z 393existential causativeeffected objectexistential operatoroperatorexistential presuppositionpresuppositionexistential propositionProposition about at least one element (individual, state of affairs, etc.) of a particularrange in contrast with universal propositions that refer to all elements of a particularrange. Existential propositions are represented in formal logic with the aid of the socalledexistential quantifier ( operator): , read as: ‘There is at least one xfor which it is true that x has the property A’ (e.g. ‘being a doctor’).formal logicReferences