Tuesday, 10 May 2011

What is p implies q.

p--- >q means to "go from hypothesis to a conclusion" where p is a hypothesis and q is a conclusion. And note it that this statement is conditioned because the "truth ness of statement p is conditioned on the truth ness of statement q". Now the truth value of p--->q is false only when p is true and q is false otherwise it will always true. E.g. consider an implication "if you do your work on Sunday ,I will give you ten rupees." Here p=you do your work on Sunday (is the hypothesis) , q=I will give you ten rupees ( the conclusion or promise). Now the truth value of p---->q will false only when the promise is braked. i.e. You do your work on Sunday but you do not get ten rupees. In all other conditions the promise is not braked.

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