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- From: ow0a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Oswald Wyler)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Implication truth table ... Confusion
- Message-ID: <0f_EyVm00iV4A562IG@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 12:01:05 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.0f_EyVm00iV4A562IG
- Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Mike,
- Look at it this way: First, the truth vale (T or F) of P ==> Q is fully
- determined by the truth values of P and Q. Second, the statement
- x = 3 ==> x^2 = 9 is *true*, where x is a variable. This means that
- the statement is true *no matter what value x takes*. Do you accept
- these premises?
- O.K. if so, gotcha! See what happens if you put x = -3.
-