Material Conditional

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconif then statement
Executive Parlancelogical implication
Scholarly Discoursetruth-functional conditional
Babel ZenithMaterial Conditional
Origin: Logic

Etymology & Meaning

A logical connective where false implies anything.

In the Boardroom

The technical meaning of 'if-then' in logic.

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