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The '''[[law]] of the excluded middle''' is a principle in modern logic that means something is either true or it is false.  There is no "middle" between true and false.
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The '''[[law]] of the excluded middle''' is a principle in [[modern logic]] that means something is either true or it is false.  There is no "middle" between true and false.
  
 
In classical logic, this principle for a proposition A would be A V ~A.
 
In classical logic, this principle for a proposition A would be A V ~A.
 
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The law of the excluded middle is a principle in modern logic that means something is either true or it is false. There is no "middle" between true and false.

In classical logic, this principle for a proposition A would be A V ~A.