kategorycznych

Kategorycznych is the genitive plural form of the Polish adjective kategoryczny, meaning categorical, absolute, or pertaining to a category. In everyday Polish, the form appears in phrases describing statements, judgments, or approaches that are presented as unequivocal or self-evident, such as twierdzenia kategoryczne (categorical propositions) or stwierdzenia kategoryczne (categorical statements). The sense can range from formal logical usage to general, non-technical discourse about decisive or uncompromising positions.

In logic and philosophy, the term is tied to category-based statements. A zdanie kategoryczne, or categorical proposition, expresses a relation between two classes with a subject and a predicate, without conditional or modal content. Traditional syllogistic analyzes such propositions in four standard forms (A, E, I, O). The study and use of sylogizmy kategoryczne (categorical syllogisms) is a hallmark of Aristotelian logic and remains a historical reference point in contemporary discussions of logic and semantics.

In Kantian philosophy, the phrase imperial kategoryczny appears in the term imperatyw kategoryczny (categorical imperative), illustrating the broader use of the root to denote necessity and universality of a claim, independent of empirical conditions. This sense of absoluteness also influences common language, where kategoryczny can describe firm, non-negotiable positions or judgments.

Etymology traces kategoryczny to kategoria, from Greek katēgoria, via Latin and other linguistic layers. The form kategorycznych specifically marks the genitive plural, suitable for modifying nouns in Polish syntax.

See also: kategoryczny, zdanie kategoryczne, sylogizmy kategoryczne, imperatyw kategoryczny, kategoria.