10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUTOLOGOUS»
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tautologous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Beginning Logic (This book is not for sale to customers in ...
Any sequent derivable by the rule of assumptions alone is tautologous. For such
a sequent must be of the form A h A, which is obviously tautologous. Proof of (ft), (
i) MPP. In an application of MPP, we pass from premisses A and A-»- B to ...
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Modal Logic : An Introduction to its Syntax and Semantics: ...
Tautologous. Implication. An alternative, but more explicit, semantic explication of
validity and logical consequence for CN-logic is available in terms of the notions
of a tautology and tautological implication. We briefly turn to the (set-theoretic) ...
Nino B. Cocchiarella Professor Emeritus of Logic and Philosophy Indiana University, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica Max A. Freund Professor of Logic and Philosophy Escuela de Filosophia, 2008
the term " poetical temperament," was the possession of quality D. In that case, "
subjectively " my proposition was by no means " tautologous," but on the contrary
" significant." * Now it appears to us, that the question, whether some given ...
Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, 1872
\Vhat are sometimes called the three fundamental laws of thought, are in our
opinion, when expressed, “ tautologous propositions." The principle of identity of
course—“A is A”—“ obviously” so : the principles of contradiction and of excluded
...
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Logic, Sets, and Recursion
The SC tautologies are a proper subset of all tautologous PC sentences. •
Tautologous sentences are a subset of valid PC sentences. • Some valid
sentences are not tautologous. To show that a PC sentence p is tautologous, it is
sufficient to ...
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Mathematical Logic, Revised Edition
(4) r4> =.4>v <f are tautologous.1 This can be verified by constructing four'two-
row tables, in the manner of Tables 3 and 4 of § 10. The correlative conditionals r
<j> D <IP, r4> 3 ~ ~ ^>~l, r~ ~ <j> D f, etc. are of course likewise tautologous.
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Provability, Computability and Reflection
Any implication of whose three or more arguments the first is contradictory or the
last tautologous is “replaceable by an implication of the two or more remaining
arguments"; i.e., is logically equivalent to any implication of homomorphs ...
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Wittgenstein in Florida: Proceedings of the Colloquium on ...
The present notion of tautologous statements, as those true by virtue solely of
truth-functional composition, seems to agree with his usage; he contrives to make
the term cover truths which involve also quantification, but this is consequent only
...
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The Myth of the Closed Mind: Understanding Why and How ...
... thatare tautologous consequences and thesetofthose sentences that are not
tautologous consequences—because although any tautologous theorem will
eventuallybe placed in the tautologous set, there is no way oftellingofany
sentencenot ...
(b) Q is tautologous; (c) ~ P is tautologous. (d) There is a proposition R such that (
a) Q is truth- functionally equivalent to R, (ft) at least one conjunct of R is
tautologous and (7) i3 entails that conjunct of R which is not tautologous (or those
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAUTOLOGOUS»
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The taboo word in teaching: etc
Thus, 'etc' in Sentence 1 & 2 is tautologous. This same principle is true for all lists beginning with these words or phrases: include, like, such as, example and for ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
The Trial review – Kafka made bland and babbling
Kafka's novel is not a piece of fine writing: it is a series of eddying scenes, galvanised by unnamed fear, a tautologous crime, in which the protagonist is accused ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Clinton Campaign Bobs and Weaves on Trade Fast Track
Podesta et al. are claiming that Clinton is right to withhold final judgment until a final deal is reached, which is practically tautologous. But at the same time they ... «The Fiscal Times, Jun 15»
The Four-Dimensional Human by Laurence Scott review – how has …
Nowadays, he writes, the phrase “awkward silence” is utterly tautologous: all silences are awkward. Scott, who is a self-styled social media “loiterer”, rather than ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Space Jam, Daddies ketchup – and other bizarre inspirations for …
... "Pop art' made from culture now is kind of tautologous, not to mention weak. ... it is indeed tautologous - apart from the fact of YOU of course -because YOU are ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
Has Britain's street food revolution run out of road?
The term “street food roadshow” is so tautologous it is tempting to think that the idea has eaten itself. After all, if street food were truly of the street, it wouldn't ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Guardian and Observer style guide: G
an opening strategy that involves some sacrifice or concession; so to talk of an opening gambit is tautologous - an opening ploy might be better. Game Boy. «The Guardian, Feb 14»
Language quiz: the answers
Alternative answer: "Still ongoing" is tautologous, as well as ugly. Thanks to the readers who have pointed out that there were two correct answers. My mistake. «The Guardian, Nov 13»
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – film review
Hamburgers eat you unless you're swift to fight back. Tacos surge to the attack like wide-grinning bulldozers. A “sub-whale” is not a tautologous marine species ... «Financial Times, Oct 13»
Between Useless and Useful Tautologies in English (II)
Somebody once asked me if the expression "extreme end" is tautologous and my response was that it was defensible. I wrote that from my perspective, "extreme ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 13»
