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A question on logic. Why is that second if needed? I often see the "if and only if"(iff) structure in logic. however I am never able to figure out how it is dif
by somat 4y ago
A question on logic. Why is that second if needed? I often see the "if and only if"(iff) structure in logic. however I am never able to figure out how it is different than a single if. what exactly is the difference between the following three statements.
a theory should be considered scientific if, and only if, it is falsifiable.
a theory should be considered scientific if it is falsifiable
a theory should be considered scientific only if it is falsifiable
- marcosdumay 4y ago"A iff B" means that both "A if b" and "B if A" are true. On this case, it means that to be a theory, it has to be falsifiable, and anything that is falsifiable, is a theory.
- bigbillheck 4y agoIt's not a 'second if' it's its own 'only if'.