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Ahmed asked:

Is a statement a form of judgement? How about the assertion that "The acceleration due to gravity is
constant". Is this a statement or a judgement? In other words are all statements a form of judgement
or an expression of some value? How about a single cry like "GOD"? or "OM" as in Hinduism?

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I think it's the other way around. A judgement is a form of statement. A statement or an assertion
(which expresses a proposition) picks out or refers to a state of affairs, such as your gravity example.
You may know the gravity sentence to be true, or believe that it is, but you don't judge that it is. A
sentence can be used in various ways such as to assert, deny, imply or judge. A judgement is a use
of a sentence which is more evaluative or personal than an assertion — it's a sort of assessment.
When a person makes an ethical judgement, for instance, there is no criteria to go on that will enable
you to claim your judgement is true. You cannot know that something is wrong but you can make a
judgement about it.

Words, as well as sentences, are used. A single cry would be an expression of a feeling or an
expressive act.

Rachel Browne