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  2. Logical biconditional - Wikipedia

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    Venn diagram of (true part in red) In logic and mathematics, the logical biconditional, also known as material biconditional or equivalence or bidirectional implication or biimplication or bientailment, is the logical connective used to conjoin two statements and to form the statement "if and only if" (often abbreviated as "iff " [1]), where is known as the antecedent, and the consequent.

  3. If and only if - Wikipedia

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    The biconditional is true in two cases, where either both statements are true or both are false. The connective is biconditional (a statement of material equivalence), [2] and can be likened to the standard material conditional ("only if", equal to "if ... then") combined with its reverse ("if"); hence the name. The result is that the truth of ...

  4. List of rules of inference - Wikipedia

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    The column-11 operator (IF/THEN), shows Modus ponens rule: when p→q=T and p=T only one line of the truth table (the first) satisfies these two conditions. On this line, q is also true. Therefore, whenever p → q is true and p is true, q must also be true.

  5. Truth table - Wikipedia

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    A truth table is a mathematical table used in logic—specifically in connection with Boolean algebra, Boolean functions, and propositional calculus—which sets out the functional values of logical expressions on each of their functional arguments, that is, for each combination of values taken by their logical variables. [1]

  6. Material implication (rule of inference) - Wikipedia

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    An example: we are given the conditional fact that if it is a bear, then it can swim. Then, all 4 possibilities in the truth table are compared to that fact. If it is a bear, then it can swim — T; If it is a bear, then it can not swim — F; If it is not a bear, then it can swim — T because it doesn’t contradict our initial fact.

  7. First-order logic - Wikipedia

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    The truth of a formula such as "x is a philosopher" depends on which object is denoted by x and on the interpretation of the predicate "is a philosopher". Consequently, " x is a philosopher" alone does not have a definite truth value of true or false, and is akin to a sentence fragment. [ 8 ]

  8. Propositional calculus - Wikipedia

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    A truth table is a semantic proof method used to determine the truth value of a propositional logic expression in every possible scenario. [93] By exhaustively listing the truth values of its constituent atoms, a truth table can show whether a proposition is true, false, tautological, or contradictory. [94] See § Semantic proof via truth tables.

  9. Logical consequence - Wikipedia

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    The philosophical analysis of logical consequence involves the questions: In what sense does a conclusion follow from its premises? and What does it mean for a conclusion to be a consequence of premises? [1] All of philosophical logic is meant to provide accounts of the nature of logical consequence and the nature of logical truth. [2]