propositional calculus, which can be used as an substitute for the law of excluded middle in implicational propositional calculus.' name='description'> Peirce's law - definition and meaning
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Peirce's law

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  • noun logic The classically valid but intuitionistically non-valid formula of propositional calculus, which can be used as an substitute for the law of excluded middle in implicational propositional calculus.

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Named after the logician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

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