Truth Value

Pronunciation: /truθ ˈvæl.ju/ Explain

In classical logic, the truth value of a claim, statement or equation is true or false. The truth value of a claim may be unknown. This means that it is not known if the statement is true or false.

In other logics, the truth value of a statement can have other values. The term truth value has the same meaning as logical value.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, truth value. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 184. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book
2. truth value. merriam-webster.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Merriam-Webster. Last Accessed 12/16/2018. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth value. Buy the book

Cite this article as:

McAdams, David E. Truth Value. 12/21/2018. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/t/truthvalue.html.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
12/16/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup. (McAdams, David E.)
12/24/2008: Added 'equation' to list of objects that have truth values. (McAdams, David E.)
9/15/2008: Added 'More Information'. (McAdams, David E.)
7/1/2008: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)