Principle of Explosion

Natural & Formal Sciences Dictionary
Definition
A rule of classical logic (ex falso quodlibet) stating that once a contradiction is admitted in a deductive system (both P and ¬P), any proposition can be validly inferred from it.

Principle of Explosion

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Mathematics & Logic Dictionary
Definition
The inference principle, ex contradictione quodlibet, that once a contradiction (both P and ¬P) is present in a deductive system, any proposition Q can be derived; contradictions lead to logical triviality in classical consequence relations.