The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... proposition is either true or false and that no proposition is both true and false . Truth and falsity are said to be the truth values of propositions . The function of an operator is to form a new proposition from one or more given ...
... proposition is either true or false and that no proposition is both true and false . Truth and falsity are said to be the truth values of propositions . The function of an operator is to form a new proposition from one or more given ...
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... propositions . To be sure , he mentioned " syllogisms from hypothesis , " by which he may have meant some principles belonging to that logic ; but he gave no details . As will be seen , there are firmer grounds for associating the ...
... propositions . To be sure , he mentioned " syllogisms from hypothesis , " by which he may have meant some principles belonging to that logic ; but he gave no details . As will be seen , there are firmer grounds for associating the ...
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... proposition , but he also expressed them in ordinary language . The table shown below gives , on the left hand side , propositions dis- tinguished by Bentham , and , on the right hand side , their Hamiltonian versions : a . tXpY . b ...
... proposition , but he also expressed them in ordinary language . The table shown below gives , on the left hand side , propositions dis- tinguished by Bentham , and , on the right hand side , their Hamiltonian versions : a . tXpY . b ...
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