Conditional Statement

A Conditional Statement is a statement that includes a conditional main clause.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) have an Antecedent Clause.
  • It can (typically) have a Consequent Clause.
  • It can range from being an Indicative Conditional to being a Counterfactual Conditional.
  • It can range from being a Factual-Implication Conditional Statement to being a Hypothetical-Implication Conditional Statement.
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• Example(s):
  • a Conditional Sentence, such as:
    • “If they were available anywhere, I would pay any price for them.".
    • “If he were a good friend, he would buy them for me.".
  • a Conditional Software Statement.
  • a Conditional Rule.
  • a Counterfactual Conditional Statement.
  • an Indicative Conditional Statement, such as “If Oswald did not shoot Kennedy, then someone else did."
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Arithmetic Operation.
• See: Material Conditional, Strict Conditional, Hypothetical Statement, Unreal Statement.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/conditional_statement Retrieved:2021-3-9.
  • A conditional statement may refer to:
    • A conditional formula in logic and mathematics, which can be interpreted as:
      • Material conditional.
      • Strict conditional.
      • Variably strict conditional.
      • Relevance conditional.
    • A conditional sentence in natural language, including:
      • Indicative conditional.
      • Counterfactual conditional.
      • Biscuit conditional.
    • Conditional (computer programming), a conditional statement in a computer programming language

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