law of excluded middle

English

Alternative forms

law of the excluded middle

Noun

law of excluded middle

(logic) A logical principle which states all statements must be either true or false, i.e. in symbols: $P\vee \neg P$ .
Synonym: (initialism) LEM

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 排中律 (zh) (páizhōnglǜ)
Finnish: kolmannen poissuljetun laki
French: principe du tiers exclu m
Icelandic: lögmál um annað tveggja n
Japanese: 排中律 (ja) (はいちゅうりつ, haichūritsu)
Latin: principium tertii exclusi n, tertium non datur n
Polish: zasada wyłączonego środka f

See also

tertium non datur

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