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  2. Conjunction elimination - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, conjunction elimination (also called and elimination, ∧ elimination, [1] or simplification) [2][3][4] is a valid immediate inference, argument form and rule of inference which makes the inference that, if the conjunction A and B is true, then A is true, and B is true. The rule makes it possible to shorten longer proofs ...

  3. Conjunction fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Conjunction fallacy. The conjunction fallacy (also known as the Linda problem) is an inference that a conjoint set of two or more specific conclusions is likelier than any single member of that same set, in violation of the laws of probability. It is a type of formal fallacy.

  4. Disjunction elimination - Wikipedia

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    Transformation rules. In propositional logic, disjunction elimination[1][2] (sometimes named proof by cases, case analysis, or or elimination) is the valid argument form and rule of inference that allows one to eliminate a disjunctive statement from a logical proof. It is the inference that if a statement implies a statement and a statement ...

  5. Fitch's paradox of knowability - Wikipedia

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    Fitch's paradox of knowability is a puzzle of epistemic logic. It provides a challenge to the knowability thesis, which states that every truth is, in principle, knowable. The paradox states that this assumption implies the omniscience principle, which asserts that every truth is known. Essentially, Fitch's paradox asserts that the existence of ...

  6. Modus ponens - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, modus ponens (/ ˈmoʊdəsˈpoʊnɛnz /; MP), also known as modus ponendo ponens (from Latin 'method of putting by placing'), [ 1 ]implication elimination, or affirming the antecedent, [ 2 ] is a deductive argument form and rule of inference. [ 3 ] It can be summarized as " P implies Q.P is true.

  7. Conjunction introduction - Wikipedia

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    Conjunction introduction (often abbreviated simply as conjunction and also called and introduction or adjunction) [1][2][3] is a valid rule of inference of propositional logic. The rule makes it possible to introduce a conjunction into a logical proof. It is the inference that if the proposition is true, and the proposition is true, then the ...

  8. Distributive property - Wikipedia

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    Transformation rules; ... Biconditional introduction / elimination; Conjunction introduction / elimination; ... An application of this principle is the notion of sub ...

  9. Tautology (rule of inference) - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, tautology is either of two commonly used rules of replacement. [1][2][3] The rules are used to eliminate redundancy in disjunctions and conjunctions when they occur in logical proofs. They are: The principle of idempotency of disjunction: and the principle of idempotency of conjunction: Where " " is a metalogical symbol ...