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Main Connective

The connective with the widest scope in a compound statement, which determines the statement's overall logical form.

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Why it matters

The main connective tells you the basic shape of the proposition and therefore governs how it participates in inference.

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Propositional Logic: Form, Connectives, and Valid InferenceStudents learn to identify atomic and compound statements, master the five connectives of propositional logic, symbolize natural-language…

Lessons (3)

Atomic and Compound StatementsPropositional Logic: Form, Connectives, and Valid Inference Symbolizing Whole ArgumentsPropositional Logic: Form, Connectives, and Valid Inference The Five Connectives in DepthPropositional Logic: Form, Connectives, and Valid Inference

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