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strict implication

logic

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aspect of modal logic

  • Alfred North Whitehead
    In formal logic: Modal logic

    …it is said that p strictly implies q. An alternative equivalent way of explaining the notion of strict implication is by saying that p strictly implies q if and only if it is necessary that p materially implies q. “John’s tie is scarlet,” for example, strictly implies “John’s tie is…

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forms of implication

  • In implication

    …in 1932 the notion of strict implication. Strict implication was defined as ∼♦(A·∼B), in which ♦ means “is possible” or “is not self-contradictory.” Thus A strictly implies B if it is impossible for both A and ∼B to be true. This conception of implication is based upon the meanings of…

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theory of Lewis

  • In C.I. Lewis

    …system of logic based upon strict implication. That is, he rejected systems that do not limit themselves strictly to what is implicit in experience. Because concepts arise from experience, in his system no concept is fixed or indispensable, and the abstract categories of traditional logic are subject to change.

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connective

logic
Also known as: logical connective, propositional connective, sentential connective, truth-functional connective, truth-functional operator
Also called:
Sentential Connective, or Propositional Connective

connective, in logic, a word or group of words that joins two or more propositions together to form a connective proposition. Commonly used connectives include “but,” “and,” “or,” “if . . . then,” and “if and only if.” The various types of logical connectives include conjunction (“and”), disjunction (“or”), negation (“not”), conditional (“if . . . then”), and biconditional (“if and only if”). In a conjunction, two or more propositions that are stated as true at the same time are joined by the connective “and,” as in the statement “Life is short, and art is long.” In a sentence such as “If the weather remains mild and there is no frost, then there will be a good harvest,” the connective is “If . . . then.” The premises and conclusion of a syllogism are also joined by connectives, as in “All men are mortal and no gods are mortal, therefore no men are gods.”