The Whole Truth about Partial Truth Tables
TLDR
This essay explains what a partial truth table is and shows how such a table is constructed, and applies the partial-truth-table technique successively to arguments, individual propositions, and sets of two or more propositions.Abstract:
Partial truth tables have two salient virtues. First, like whole truth
tables, they are algorithmic (i.e., effective). If you construct them
correctly, you will get an answer to your question whether a particular
argument is valid; whether a particular proposition is tautologous,
self-contradictory, or contingent; or whether a particular set of propositions
is consistent. Second, they are less time-consuming and tedious to construct
than whole truth tables. No partial truth table has more than three rows, and
many have only one. A whole truth table, by contrast, may have as many as 32,
64, 128, or 256 rows (or more). In this essay, I explain what a partial truth table
is and show how such a table is constructed. I then apply the
partial-truth-table technique successively to arguments, individual
propositions, and sets of two or more propositions. I conclude by evaluating
the most widely used logic textbooks, showing what they do well and where they
fall short.read more
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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
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TL;DR: The second edition of the OXFORD DICTIONARY of PHILOSOPHY as mentioned in this paper is the most complete version of the first edition of this book.Pas mentioned in this paperACE TO the SECOND EDITION Pas mentioned in this paperACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
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The Genesis of the Truth-Table Device
TL;DR: It has been suggested that Russell and or Wittgenstein arrived at a truth table device in or around 1912 [Shosky 1997], and that, since the history of its development is so complex, the best one can claim is that their may be the first identifiably ascribable example.
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