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Conditionals
Question | Answer |
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conditional | if-then statement that has two parts:hypothesis and conclusion |
hypothesis | part of conditional following if |
conclusion | part of conditional following then |
truth value | either true (both parts of conditional are true) or false ( find one counterexample) |
converse | switches hypothesis and conclusion |
biconditional | a statement you get by the conditional and its converse (if both are true) with and or if and only if |
good definitions | reversible, uses clearly understood terms, and precise |
law of syllogism | if p>q and q>r are true statements, then p>r is a true statement |
law of detachment | if p>q is a true statement and p is true, then q is true |