DefinitionLogic and propositional calculus are branches of mathematics. & Philosophy that study formal systems of reasoning. They contain statements (propositions) that take the values either true or false and are combined with logical connectives such as AND, OR, NOT, and IMPLIES. Propositional calculus (also known as propositional logic) has expressions to denote logical statements and inference rules to deduce new raw statements. In propositional logic, the statement p∧q will imply r means “if p and q both are true then r is true.