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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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The statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology

What does tautology mean here?

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the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology
  

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Does it mean "self-conflicted"?

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Does it mean "self-conflicted"?
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NL888What does tautology mean here?Context:the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology
A tautology is a statement that must be true according to the rules of logic.

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NL888Does it mean "self-conflicted"?
No. The reverse.

The only choices are that he is brave or that he is not brave. There is no other possibility. Therefore, when you say "He is brave or he is not brave", it has to be true because "brave" and "not brave" cover all the possibilities.

Likewise, "The first letter in every paragraph is W or i
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