LessonsConditional Propositions: Connectives, Disjunctions and Their Main KindsQuiz

«إن كان ذلك الحكم لعلاقة بين المقدم والتالي سميت لزومية»
If that judgment arises from a relation between antecedent and consequent, the connective is called necessary (luzūmiyyah).

In a necessary connective, the two clauses are not merely side-by-side facts. A genuine relation makes the consequent relevant to the supposition of the antecedent. Such a relation can be conceptual, causal, grounded in a shared cause, or tied to correlatives.

“If this figure is a square, it has four sides” illustrates a conceptual link: four-sidedness is included in the concept of a square.

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The necessary or entailing connective

Conditional Propositions: Connectives, Disjunctions and Their Main Kinds

«إن كان ذلك الحكم لعلاقة بين المقدم والتالي سميت لزومية»
If that judgment arises from a relation between antecedent and consequent, the connective is called necessary (luzūmiyyah).

In a necessary connective, the two clauses are not merely side-by-side facts. A genuine relation makes the consequent relevant to the supposition of the antecedent. Such a relation can be conceptual, causal, grounded in a shared cause, or tied to correlatives.

“If this figure is a square, it has four sides” illustrates a conceptual link: four-sidedness is included in the concept of a square.