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has to be true. The reasoning is simple: since at least one of the statements P and R is true, and since either of them would be sufficient to entail Q, Q is certainly true.
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Index

Rule of inference
Propositional calculus
Transformation rules
Propositional calculus
Rules of inference
Implication introduction
elimination (modus ponens)
Biconditional introduction
elimination
Conjunction introduction
elimination
Disjunction introduction
elimination
Disjunctive
hypothetical syllogism
Constructive
destructive dilemma
Absorption
modus tollens
modus ponendo tollens
Negation introduction
Rules of replacement
Associativity
Commutativity
Distributivity
Double negation
De Morgan's laws
Transposition
Material implication
Exportation

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