In mathematical logic, a tautology (from Ancient Greek: ταυτολογία) is a formula that is true regardless of the interpretation of its component terms,...
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literature and rhetoric Tautology (logic), in formal logic, a statement that is true in every possible interpretation Tautology (rule of inference), a...
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Contradiction (redirect from False tautology)
Paraconsistent logic – Type of formal logic without explosion principle Paradox – Logically self-contradictory statement Tautology – In logic, a statement...
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theorem. Any tautology of classical logic which contains no negations is also a tautology of paraconsistent logic (by merging b into t). This logic is sometimes...
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Logical truth (redirect from True (logic))
truth. Contradiction False (logic) Logical truth table, a mathematical table used in logic Satisfiability Tautology (logic) (for symbolism of logical truth)...
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Propositional calculus (redirect from Sentential logic)
branch of logic. It is also called propositional logic, statement logic, sentential calculus, sentential logic, or sometimes zeroth-order logic. Sometimes...
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considered a tautology. For example, A → A and A ↔ A are tautologies in Ł3 and also in classical logic. Not all tautologies of classical logic lift to Ł3...
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Contradiction Logical truth Tautology (logic) (for symbolism of logical truth) Truth table Jennifer Fisher, On the Philosophy of Logic, Thomson Wadsworth, 2007...
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inference Sentence (mathematical logic) Sequent Statement (logic) Subalternation Tautology Theorem Rule of inference (list) Biconditional elimination...
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deductions, based on the following axiom schema: A where A is a tautology of first-order logic G(A→B)→(GA→GB) H(A→B)→(HA→HB) A→GPA A→HFA with the following...
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contains logic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of logic symbols. In logic, a set...
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Rule of inference (redirect from Laws of Logic)
premises are true. Rules of inference are closely related to tautologies. In logic, a tautology is a statement that is true only because of the logical vocabulary...
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Syllogism (redirect from Syllogistic logic)
Argumentation theory Buddhist logic Enthymeme Formal fallacy Logical fallacy The False Subtlety of the Four Syllogistic Figures Tautology (logic) Venn diagram Lundberg...
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classical logic. Each theorem of intuitionistic logic is a theorem in classical logic, but not conversely. Many tautologies in classical logic are not theorems...
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Circular reasoning (redirect from Circular logic)
form of reasoning involving a cycle of implications Self-reference Tautology (logic) Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Circulus in Probando" . Encyclopædia...
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were supposed to be logical tautologies, and their program was to show this by means of a reduction of mathematics to logic. Many attempts to realize this...
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Boolean algebra (redirect from Laws of classical logic)
translation between tautologies of propositional logic and equational theorems of Boolean algebra. Every tautology Φ of propositional logic can be expressed...
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logic I can be interpreted as being "overdetermined", being both true and false. K3 does not have any tautologies, while P3 has the same tautologies as...
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modal logics, known collectively as normal modal logics, include the following rule and axiom: N, Necessitation Rule: If p is a theorem/tautology (of any...
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every interpretation. These formulas play a role similar to tautologies in propositional logic. A formula φ is a logical consequence of a formula ψ if every...
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logic of any kind. It is formed with propositional calculus formulas and tautologies, and inference apparatus with substitution and modus ponens, but extending...
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theorem-proving technique for sentences in propositional logic and first-order logic. For propositional logic, systematically applying the resolution rule acts...
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)} , where ⊤ {\displaystyle \top } stands for an arbitrary tautology of the underlying logic (which, in the case of SDL, is classical). The accessibility...
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Philosophy of logic is the area of philosophy that studies the scope and nature of logic. It investigates the philosophical problems raised by logic, such as...
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context-changing rules. Thus, if we are interested only in the derivability of tautologies, not hypothetical judgments, then we can formalize the Hilbert-style...
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Law of identity (category Logic)
One example of a logic that restricts the law of identity in this way is Schrödinger logic. Identity (philosophy) Tautology (logic) Rectification of...
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then Θ is again a tautology. This fact implies the soundness of the deduction rule described in the previous section. In first-order logic, a substitution...
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Law of excluded middle (category Classical logic)
"no third [possibility] is given". In classical logic, the law is a tautology. In contemporary logic the principle is distinguished from the semantical...
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Falsifiability (redirect from Logic of falsification)
evidence Superdeterminism – Class of theories in quantum mechanics Tautology (logic) – In logic, a statement which is always true Trial and error – Method of...
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Mathematical logic is the study of formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory...
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