Logical Connective - Order of Precedence

Order of Precedence

As a way of reducing the number of necessary parentheses, one may introduce precedence rules: ¬ has higher precedence than, higher than, and higher than →. So for example, P Q ¬RS is short for (P (QR))) → S.

Here is a table that shows a commonly used precedence of logical operators.

Operator Precedence
¬ 1
2
3
4
5

The order of precedence determines which connective is the "main connective" when interpreting a non-atomic formula.

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