Definition:Subcontrary Statements

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Definition

Two statements are said to be subcontrary if they can both be true, but they cannot both be false.


Example

Let the Universe of Discourse be fruit.

The statements:

There exists some mango that is delicious.
There exists some mango that is not delicious.

are subcontrary.


Also known as

Subcontrary statements can also be referred to as disjunct, which arises from the definition of the logical disjunction operator.


Also see


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