Tautology (logic)
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tautology-logic-186-12228063
title:
Tautology (logic)
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In mathematical logic, a tautology is a formula that is true regardless of the interpretation of its component terms, with only the logical constants having a fixed meaning. For example, a formula that states, "the ball is green or the ball is not green," is always true, regardless of what a ball is and regardless of its colour. Tautology is usually, though not always, used to refer to valid formulas of propositional logic. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein first applied the term to redundanci
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In logic, a statement which is always true
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(logic)
date created:
2006-03-24T02:29:16Z
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2024-09-08T01:47:58Z
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