"Peirce's law" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after the logician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Peirce's law
  1. (logic) The classically valid but intuitionistically non-valid formula ((P→Q)→P)→P of propositional calculus, which can be used as a substitute for the law of excluded middle in implicational propositional calculus. Wikipedia link: Charles Sanders Peirce, Peirce's law Categories (topical): Logic

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