Definition of bivalence in English:
bivalence
noun bʌɪˈveɪl(ə)nsbaɪˈveɪləns
mass nounLogic The existence of only two states or truth values (e.g. true and false)
Example sentencesExamples
- So we may represent the Aristotelian solution as one which rejects the law of bivalence.
- Provided that Diodorus accepted the principle of bivalence, these definitions, too, satisfy the modal requirements to above, as can be checked easily.
- In this case, the semantic theory used incorporated the principle of bivalence: every sentence was assigned either the value true or the value false.
- Against both Epicurus and the Stoics, Carneades argued that no deterministic consequences follow from the principle of bivalence (the principle that for any statement P, either P is true or P is false).
- Against the Stoics he argued that a commitment to bivalence and the principle that every action has a cause does not entail that all actions are fated.
Rhymes
covalence, surveillance, valence