logical truth
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epistemological distinctions
- In epistemology: Logical and factual propositions
…to a proposition expressing a logical truth—e.g., to a proposition such as “If p and q, then p.” The proposition “All husbands are married,” for example, is logically equivalent to the proposition “If something is married and it is male, then it is married.” In contrast, the semantic and syntactic…
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metalogic
- In metalogic: Semiotic
…language, presented an exposition of logical truths as sentences that are true in all possible worlds. One may say, for example, “It is raining or it is not raining,” and in every possible world one of the disjuncts is true. On the basis of this observation and certain broader developments…
Read More - In metalogic: Elementary logic
…concepts of logic and of logical truth.
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