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vacuous truth

A conditional that is true only because its antecedent is false.

A conditional is vacuously true when its antecedent is false: on that row the material conditional is true whatever the consequent says.

Examples

  • "If you finished the marathon in 30 minutes, you get a medal" is vacuously true of everyone.

See also

material conditional
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