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Changed: 1c1
A proposition and its denial cannot both be true at the same time and "in the same respect." In other words: for any proposition P, it is not the case both that [P] is true and that [not-P] is true.
For any proposition P, either [P] is true or [P] is false; there are no propositions that are neither true nor false.

Changed: 3c3
This is closely related though distinct from TheLawOfNoncontradiction and TheLawOfExcludedMiddle.
This is closely related to though distinct from TheLawOfExcludedMiddle. See also TheLawOfNoncontradiction.

For any proposition P, either [P] is true or [P] is false; there are no propositions that are neither true nor false.

This is closely related to though distinct from TheLawOfExcludedMiddle. See also TheLawOfNoncontradiction.


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