Indicative Conditional Statements Explained
An indicative conditional expresses factual implications or predictions about real situations. It…
Independence Results in Logic and Mathematics
An independence result demonstrates that a statement is neither provable nor disprovable…
Gödel Sentence
A self-referential sentence in formal systems, a Gödel sentence demonstrates incompleteness theorems…
Understanding Formulas in Formal Languages
A formula is a true or false expression in a formal language.…
Explanans: The Core of an Explanation
The explanans refers to the statement(s) providing the reason or cause for…
Explanandum: The Core of Explanation
The explanandum is the statement or phenomenon requiring explanation. It's the 'what'…
Dilution in Logic
Dilution in logic weakens a statement by adding disjunctive clauses. These additions…