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1
Q

what is the symbol for a conditional?

A

a horseshoe

2
Q

what is the symbol for a conjunction?

A

A dot

3
Q

what us the symbol for a negation ?

A

the tilda ~

4
Q

what is the symbol for a disjunction?

A

V

5
Q

what is the symbol for a biconditional?

A

Three lines

6
Q

what would the truthntable for a disjunction look like ?

A

p. q. |PvQ

7
Q

what is necessary for a conjunction to be true?

A

both conjuncts or component proposotions must be true

8
Q

what’s the rule of negation?

A

false becomes true or true becomes false

9
Q

in disjunction (V) when is the only time a value will be false?

A

when both sides are false

10
Q

In a conjunction when is the only time a value will be true ?

A

when both sides are true

11
Q

whats a contingency

A

a contingency occurs if the values under the main logical operator are mixed

12
Q

what makes a statement self contradictory?

A

if every value under the main logical operator is false

13
Q

what makes a tautologous statement ?

A

if everything is true under the main logical operator

14
Q

what’s the outcome of a conjunction

A

T
F
F
F

15
Q

what us the outcome of a disjunction?

A

T
T
T
F

16
Q

what is the outcome of a conditional

A

T
T
F
T

17
Q

what’s a disjunction statement ?

A

either or

18
Q

whats a conjunction statement ?

A

but, also, although, while

19
Q

what’s a negation statement ?

A

its not

20
Q

what’s a biconditional statement ?

A

if and only if