law of excluded middle

English

Alternative forms

• law of the excluded middle

Noun

law of excluded middle

1. (logic) A logical principle which states all statements must be either true or false, i.e. in symbols: $P\vee \neg P$.

   Synonym: (initialism) LEM

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排中律 (zh) (páizhōnglǜ)

• Finnish: kolmannen poissuljetun laki
• French: principe du tiers exclu m
• Icelandic: lögmál um annað tveggja n
• Japanese: 排中律 (ja) (はいちゅうりつ, haichūritsu)
• Latin: principium tertii exclusi n, tertium non datur n
• Polish: zasada wyłączonego środka f

See also

• tertium non datur