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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.
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