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truth-function

American

[trooth-fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈtruθˌfʌŋk ʃən /

noun

Logic.

a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.

truth-function British

noun

a function that determines the truth-value of a complex sentence solely in terms of the truth-values of the component sentences without reference to their meaning
a complex sentence whose truth-value is so determined, such as a negation or conjunction

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NOTE.—The reader will easily see how much of the account of the truth-function developed later in Pragmatism was already explicit in this earlier article, and how much came to be defined later.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

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