if-then
Cause-and-effect structure
If-then describes a conditional relationship where one thing follows from another: if-then statements in programming, if-then reasoning.
The structure mirrors logical implication—if the first condition holds, then the second follows.
Often used attributively: an if-then proposition, if-then logic.
Dependent on prerequisites
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- consequenceResult of an action
- antecedentSomething that precedes
- consequentFollowing as an effect
implication · syllogism · inference · deduction · proposition · truth table · validity · contrapositive
Dependent on prerequisites
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
- logic gateBinary operation circuit
switch · case · else · nested · block · syntax · code · script
What produces an effect
- effectResult of a cause
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- triggerWhat initiates action
contingency · dependency · chain reaction · domino effect · correlation · determinism · precondition · prerequisite
State or stipulation
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- provisoConditional clause in contracts
- clauseProvision in agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
criterion · requirement · qualification · terms · policy · guideline · protocol · contract
Forecast of coming events
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
supposition · speculation · scenario · forecast · projection · model · simulation · what-if
conditional
Dependent on prerequisites
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- consequenceResult of an action
- antecedentSomething that precedes
consequent · implication · syllogism · inference · deduction · proposition · truth table · validity · contrapositive · biconditional
conditional
Dependent on prerequisites
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
logic gate · switch · case · else · nested · block · syntax · code · script · function
cause
What produces an effect
trigger · contingency · dependency · chain reaction · domino effect · correlation · determinism · precondition · prerequisite · consequence
condition
State or stipulation
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- provisoConditional clause in contracts
- clauseProvision in agreement
provision · criterion · requirement · qualification · terms · policy · guideline · protocol · contract · exception
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
assumption · supposition · speculation · scenario · forecast · projection · model · simulation · what-if · counterfactual
- logicpremise, premises, conclusion, conclusions, inference
- Prologpredicate, clause, unification, query, fact
- conditionalsif, if clause, if clauses, else, if statement
- logic wordsand, or, not, therefore, ergo
- hypotheticalshypothesis, hypothetical, what-if, what if, conjecture
- visual codingdrag and drop, drag-and-drop, nodes, code blocks, stacking blocks
if-thenunconditional
Without limits or qualifications
absolute · categorical · always · necessarily · regardless