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material conditional

material conditional noun: 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.

Noun

material conditional (plural material conditionals)

  1. 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.
    • 'A ⊃ B' represents a material conditional.

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Forms of material conditional

pluralmaterial conditionals

Questions about material conditional

What does material conditional mean?
Material conditional means 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.
What part of speech is material conditional?
Material conditional is a noun.
What is the plural of material conditional?
The plural of material conditional is material conditionals.

Words near material conditional in the dictionary

  1. material action
  2. material breach
  3. material breaches
  4. material cause
  5. material causes
  6. material conditional
  7. material conditionals
  8. material fact
  9. material facts
  10. material handling
  11. material heresies

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