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View synonyms for truth-function

truth-function

[ trooth-fuhngk-shuhn ]

noun

, Logic.
  1. a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.


truth-function

noun

  1. a function that determines the truth-value of a complex sentence solely in terms of the truth-values of the component sentences without reference to their meaning
  2. a complex sentence whose truth-value is so determined, such as a negation or conjunction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • truth-function·al adjective
  • truth-function·al·ly adverb
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Example Sentences

NOTE.—The reader will easily see how much of the account of the truth-function developed later in Pragmatism was already explicit in this earlier article, and how much came to be defined later.

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