classical logic
classical logic noun: a kind of logic based on the principles that each proposition has a truth value of either "true" or "false", but not both, and that if a proposition were to be both true and false or neither true nor false then a result would be that all propositions would be both true and false.
Noun
classical logic (countable and uncountable, plural classical logics)
- A kind of logic based on the principles that each proposition has a truth value of either "true" or "false", but not both, and that if a proposition were to be both true and false or neither true nor false then a result would be that all propositions would be both true and false.
- The Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra of propositional classical logic is a Boolean algebra.
- Synonyms:
- Frege-Russell logic
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Questions about classical logic
- What does classical logic mean?
- Classical logic means a kind of logic based on the principles that each proposition has a truth value of either "true" or "false", but not both, and that if a proposition were to be both true and false or neither true nor false then a result would be that all propositions would be both true and false.
- What part of speech is classical logic?
- Classical logic is a noun.
- What is the plural of classical logic?
- The plural of classical logic is classical logics.
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