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A question of logical terminology

Subject: A question of logical terminology
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Date: 31 Dec 2006 09:27:01 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.math, sci.logic
Suppose P is a proof of the proposition q. Is there a standard name for
q as a function of P?

For example, in the special case that the proof P consists of p, p->q,
and an application of modus ponens to derive q, then q is called the
'consequent'.

Is there a standard word for the thing that a more general proof
proves?

(I'm just trying to give a function in a computer program a sensible
name. Things like 'target', 'result, 'goal' or 'end' just don't seem
descriptive enough to me...)


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