1. Similarly, any material conditional with a true consequent is true. 2. The ordinary indicative conditional has somewhat more structure than the material conditional . 3. The material conditional can yield some unexpected truths when expressed in natural language. 4. This truth-functional interpretation of implication is called material implication or material conditional . 5. He is particularly noted for his views on the interpretation of the material conditional . 6. The material conditional does not always function in accordance with everyday if-then reasoning. 7. Therefore there are drawbacks with using the material conditional to represent if-then statements. 8. A further problem is that the material conditional is such that P AND �P ? 9. When studying logic formally, the material conditional is distinguished from the semantic consequence relation \ models. 10. For example, any material conditional statement with a false antecedent is true ( see vacuous truth ).