A truth-functional connective is a way of connecting propositions such that the truth value of the resulting complex proposition can be determined by the truth value of the propositions that compose it. Suppose that the floor has not been mopped but the dishes have been washed.

What does it mean for a connective to be truth-functional?

A logical connective is truth-functional if the truth-value of a compound sentence is a function of the truth-value of its sub-sentences. A class of connectives is truth-functional if each of its members is. ... Their values for various truth-values as argument are usually given by truth tables.

What are the truth-functional operators?

In English, words such as “and”, “or”, “not”, “if … then…”, “because”, and “necessarily”, are all operators. A logical operator is said to be truth-functional if the truth-values (the truth or falsity, etc.)