material conditional
material conditional · material conditionals
A type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its…A type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false.
Meaning
1 sensesA type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false.
'A ⊃ B' represents a material conditional.
Forms
plural: material conditionals| Singular | material conditional |
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