Unit 7.2 Flashcards
Truth Functional
a compound statement that its truth value is completely determined by the truth value of the atomic statements that compose it
______ has the opposite truth value of the statement _____.
A negation
negated
Truth Table
a diagram in which the possible true values of a compound statement are determined by means of assigning every possible combination of truth values to the atomic statements that compose the compounds
A_____is true if both its_____are true; otherwise it is false.
conjunction
conjuncts
A_______ is false if both its_____are false; otherwise it is true.
disjunction
disjuncts
A_______ is false if its antecedent is true and its consequent is false; otherwise it is true.
Material Conditionals
Material conditional
a conditional that is by definition is false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false, and is otherwise true
A_______is true when its two constituent statmenets have the same true value, and it is false if the two statements differ in truth value.
material biconditional