COMMENT ⊗ VALID 00002 PAGES C REC PAGE DESCRIPTION C00001 00001 C00002 00002 \input basic C00003 ENDMK C⊗; \input basic \magnify 2000 {\bf Definition: The circumscription of $P$ in $A(P)$ is the sentence schema} $$A(\Phi) ∧ ∀\overline{x}.(\Phi(\overline{x}) ⊃ P(\overline{x})) ⊃ ∀\overline{x}.(P(\overline{x}) ⊃ \Phi(\overline{x}))$$. \vfill\end