Question
Give the feature of prohibition by explaining the logical form of ‘~’.

Answer

Characteristic of Prohibition: Prohibition is a kind of factual compound statement in which two constituent statements are joined by a 'no' factor. Such statements are known as prohibition or prohibition statement.
The rule of truthfulness of prohibition: If the original statement is true, then its prohibition is untrue and if the original statement is untrue, then its prohibition is true.
Table showing the true value of the prohibition:
  1 2
p ~ p
1 T F
2 F T
Prohibition analysis:
  • Prohibition is a one-sided factor. That is, it only applies to at least one statement to the right of it.
  • Prohibition The logical factor ~ p forms a composite statement of form.
  • Prohibition A joint statement formed using a logical factor is known as a prohibition or a prohibitive statement.
  • Prohibition is a fact-finding factor, because the veracity value of a prohibition is based on the veracity value of its constituent statements
  • If p is true, then ~ p is untrue and if p is untrue, then ~ p is true.

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