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Also known as sound, logically sound, logical soundness

In logic, soundness can refer to either a property of arguments or a property of formal deductive systems.

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  • Definition for arguments
  • Definition for formal systems
  • Weak soundness
  • Strong soundness
  • Arithmetic soundness
  • Relation to completeness
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
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In logic, soundness can refer to either a property of arguments or a property of formal deductive systems.

An argument is sound if (and only if) it is both valid in form and has no false premises.

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