<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a method of truth-graph by truth-tables. On the one hand, the truth-graph constituted by truth value coordinate and circumference displays a more visual representation of the different combinations of truth-values for the simple or complex propositions. Truth-graphs make sure that you don’t miss any of these combinations. On the other hand, they provide a more convenient tool to discern the validity of a complex proposition made up by simple compositions. The algorithm involving in setting up all the truth conditions is proposed to distinguish easily among tautologous, contradictory and consistent expressions. Furthermore, the paper discusses a certain connection between the truth graphs and the symbols for propositional connectives proposed by Stanisław Leśniewski.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a method of truth-graph by truth-tables. On the one hand, the truth-graph constituted by truth value coordinate and circumference displays a more visual representation of the different combinations of truth-values for the simple or complex propositions. Truth-graphs make sure that you don’t miss any of these combinations. On the other hand, they provide a more convenient tool to discern the validity of a complex proposition made up by simple compositions. The algorithm involving in setting up all the truth conditions is proposed to distinguish easily among tautologous, contradictory and consistent expressions. Furthermore, the paper discusses a certain connection between the truth graphs and the symbols for propositional connectives proposed by Stanisław Leśniewski.

Truth-Graph Method: a Handy Method Different from that of Leśniewski’s

Huaqiao University & Southeast University, China

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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The paper presents a method of truth-graph by truth-tables. On the one hand, the truth-graph constituted by truth value coordinate and circumference displays a...

Truth-Graph Method: a Handy Method Different from that of Leśniewski’s

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2015

Pages: 79 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2015-0032

Mots clés
truth-graphs, truth-tables, truth value coordinate, algorithm, Stanisław Leśniewski

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Truth-Graph Method: a Handy Method Different from that of Leśniewski’s

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2015

Pages: 79 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2015-0032

Mots cléstruth-graphs, truth-tables, truth value coordinate, algorithm, Stanisław Leśniewski

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
truth-graphs, truth-tables, truth value coordinate, algorithm, Stanisław Leśniewski