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propositional calculus

American  

noun

Logic.

  1. sentential calculus.

propositional calculus British  

noun

  1. the system of symbolic logic concerned only with the relations between propositions as wholes, taking no account of their internal structure Compare predicate calculus

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Origin of propositional calculus

First recorded in 1900–05

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I closed my eyes and went over the propositional calculus, trying to visualize the truth tables for conjunction, disjunction, equivalence, and material implication.

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