The Law of Excluded Middle

The Law of Excluded Middle is a principle in classical logic stating that for any statement, either it is true or its negation (opposite) is true. There is no middle ground or third option. For example, the statement "It is raining" is either true (and it is indeed raining) or false (it is not raining). This law helps clarify logical reasoning by asserting that every statement must be definitively true or false, with no ambiguity or in-between state. It is fundamental to classical logic and underpins many reasoning and proof methods.