Monthly Archives: October 2008

Peirce’s Law

Peirce’s law is a logical proposition that states a non-obvious truth of classical logic and affords a novel way of defining classical propositional calculus. Continue reading

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Praeclarum Theorema

The praeclarum theorema, or splendid theorem, is a theorem of propositional calculus that was noted and named by G.W. Leibniz. Continue reading

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