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| Given <math>\mathbb{B} = \{ \mathrm{charged}, \mathrm{resting} \},</math> the Table presents the appearance of a function <math>f : \mathbb{B} \times \mathbb{B} \times \mathbb{B} \to \mathbb{B},</math> where <math>f(x, y, z) = (x, y, z).\!</math> | | Given <math>\mathbb{B} = \{ \mathrm{charged}, \mathrm{resting} \},</math> the Table presents the appearance of a function <math>f : \mathbb{B} \times \mathbb{B} \times \mathbb{B} \to \mathbb{B},</math> where <math>f(x, y, z) = (x, y, z).\!</math> |
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| + | If we make the identifications, <math>\mathrm{charged} = \mathrm{false},\ \mathrm{resting} = \mathrm{true},\!</math> in accord with the so-called ''existential interpretation'', then the physical function <math>f : \mathbb{B}^3 \to \mathbb{B}\!</math> is tantamount to the logical function that is suggested by the phrase "just 1 of 3 is false". Table 9 is the truth table for the logical function that we get, this time using 0 for false and 1 for true in the customary way. |
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− | If we make the identifications, charged = false, resting = true,
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− | in accord with the so-called "existential" interpretation, then
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− | the physical function f : B^3 -> B is tantamount to the logical
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− | function that is suggested by the phrase "just 1 of 3 is false".
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− | Table 9 is the truth table for the logical function that we get,
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− | this time using 0 for false and 1 for true in the customary way.
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| Table 9. Existential Interpretation of (x, y, z) | | Table 9. Existential Interpretation of (x, y, z) |
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