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  2. Logical consequence - Wikipedia

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    Logical consequence (also entailment or logical implication) is a fundamental concept in logic which describes the relationship between statements that hold true when one statement logically follows from one or more statements.

  3. Material implication (rule of inference) - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, material implication [1] [2] is a valid rule of replacement that allows a conditional statement to be replaced by a disjunction in which the antecedent is negated. The rule states that P implies Q is logically equivalent to not- P {\displaystyle P} or Q {\displaystyle Q} and that either form can replace the other in ...

  4. Implication - Wikipedia

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    Logical consequence (also entailment or logical implication), the relationship between statements that holds true when one logically "follows from" one or more others; Material conditional (also material implication), a logical connective and binary truth function typically interpreted as "If p, then q"

  5. Glossary of logic - Wikipedia

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    A subfield of linear logic focusing on the study of affine transformations and their implications in logical reasoning. affirmative proposition A proposition that asserts the truth of a statement, as opposed to negating it. [7] [8] [9] affirming the consequent A logical fallacy in which a conditional statement is incorrectly used to infer its ...

  6. Material conditional - Wikipedia

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    The material conditional (also known as material implication) is an operation commonly used in logic. When the conditional symbol → {\displaystyle \rightarrow } is interpreted as material implication, a formula P → Q {\displaystyle P\rightarrow Q} is true unless P {\displaystyle P} is true and Q {\displaystyle Q} is false.

  7. What the Tortoise Said to Achilles - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, the logical implication is defined as follows: P implies Q if and only if the proposition not P or Q is a tautology. Hence modus ponens, [P ∧ (P → Q)] ⇒ Q, is a valid logical conclusion according to the definition of logical implication just stated. Demonstrating the logical implication simply translates into ...

  8. Modus ponens - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, modus ponens (/ ˈ m oʊ d ə s ˈ p oʊ n ɛ n z /; MP), also known as modus ponendo ponens (from Latin 'mode that by affirming affirms'), [1] implication elimination, or affirming the antecedent, [2] is a deductive argument form and rule of inference. [3]

  9. Logical connective - Wikipedia

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    Such a logical connective as converse implication "" is actually the same as material conditional with swapped arguments; thus, the symbol for converse implication is redundant. In some logical calculi (notably, in classical logic ), certain essentially different compound statements are logically equivalent .