Logic system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MANIFESTATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRUTH VALUE OF A PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS SETTABLE TO PRODUCE MANIFESTATIONS RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TRUTH VALUES OF SAID PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, EACH OF SAID SETTABLE CONTROL MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY SETTABLE IN ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THREE DISCRETELY DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF KNOWN TRUTH, KNOWN FALSITY, AND UNKNOWN TRUTH OR FALSITY OF A GIVEN PROPOSITION, AND A LOGICAL COMBINING CIRCUIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUTS AND A MAIN OUTPUT, SAID INPUTS BEING RESPECTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS, SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOGIC MEANS INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER AND TO SAID INPUTS AND SAID MAIN OUTPUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION OF SAID PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LOGIC MEANS OF SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A LOGICAL AND GATE UNIT WHICH PRODUCES AT ITS OUTPUT A MENIFESTATION HAVING A VALUE REPRESENTING THE VALUE OF THE LOWEST VALUED MANIFESTATION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO ITS INPUTS AND AT LEAST ANOTHER ONE OF SAID LOGIC MEANS COMPRISING A LOGICAL OR GATE UNIT WHICH PRODUCES AT ITS OUTPUT A MANIFESTATION HAVING A VALUE REPRESENTING THE VALUE OF THE HIGHEST VALUED MANIFESTATION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO ITS INPUTS, THE MANIFESTATION APPEARING AT THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF SAID GATE UNITS PROVIDING A MANIFESTATION THAT IS APPLIED TO THE INPUT OF THE OTHER GATE UNIT, SAID INTERCONNECTED LOGIC MEANS BEING JOINTLY RESPONSIVE TO EVERY POSSIBLE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS PRODUCIBLE BY SAID PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS FOR PRODUCING A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID THREE MANIFESTATIONS IN SAID MAIN OUTPUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO SAID INPUTS, THE ONE OF SAID THREE MANIFESTATIONS BEING PRODUCED AT SAID OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO THE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO SAID INPUTS BEING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH VALUE OF SAID PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MANIFESTATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRUTH VALUE OF A PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS SETTABLE TO PRODUCE MANIFESTATIONS RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TRUTH VALUES OF SAID PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, EACH OF SAID SETTABLE CONTROL MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY SETTABLE IN ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THREE DISCRETELY DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF KNOWN TRUTH, KNOWN FALSITY, AND UNKNOWN TRUTH OR FALSITY OF A GIVEN PROPOSITION, AND A LOGICAL COMBINING CIRCUIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUTS AND A MAIN OUTPUT, SAID INPUTS BEING RESPECTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS, SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOGIC MEANS INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER AND TO SAID INPUTS AND SAID MAIN OUTPUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION OF SAID PLURALITY OF PROPOSITIONS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LOGIC MEANS OF SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A LOGICAL AND GATE UNIT WHICH PRODUCES AT ITS OUTPUT A MENIFESTATION HAVING A VALUE REPRESENTING THE VALUE OF THE LOWEST VALUED MANIFESTATION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO ITS INPUTS AND AT LEAST ANOTHER ONE OF SAID LOGIC MEANS COMPRISING A LOGICAL OR GATE UNIT WHICH PRODUCES AT ITS OUTPUT A MANIFESTATION HAVING A VALUE REPRESENTING THE VALUE OF THE HIGHEST VALUED MANIFESTATION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO ITS INPUTS, THE MANIFESTATION APPEARING AT THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF SAID GATE UNITS PROVIDING A MANIFESTATION THAT IS APPLIED TO THE INPUT OF THE OTHER GATE UNIT, SAID INTERCONNECTED LOGIC MEANS BEING JOINTLY RESPONSIVE TO EVERY POSSIBLE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS PRODUCIBLE BY SAID PLURALITY OF CONTROL MEANS FOR PRODUCING A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID THREE MANIFESTATIONS IN SAID MAIN OUTPUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO SAID INPUTS, THE ONE OF SAID THREE MANIFESTATIONS BEING PRODUCED AT SAID OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO THE SET OF MANIFESTATIONS BEING APPLIED TO SAID INPUTS BEING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH VALUE OF SAID PREDETERMINED LOGICAL COMBINATION.