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principle of explosion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
prin-ci-ple of -ex-plo-sion
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The principle or axiom of classical logic and some other logical systems stating that if a contradiction or a false proposition is proven to be true, then it proves that everything is true. In symbols: ⊥→P

Frequently Paired Words

vacuous truth paraconsistent logic

Synonyms

ex falso quod libet

Questions

What does principle of explosion mean?
The principle or axiom of classical logic and some other logical systems stating that if a contradiction or a false proposition is proven to be true, then it proves that everything is true. In symbols: ⊥→P

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