Order of Precedence
As a way of reducing the number of necessary parentheses, one may introduce precedence rules: ¬ has higher precedence than, higher than, and higher than →. So for example, P Q ¬R → S is short for (P (Q (¬R))) → S.
Here is a table that shows a commonly used precedence of logical operators.
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Operator Precedence ¬ 1 2 3 → 4 5
The order of precedence determines which connective is the "main connective" when interpreting a non-atomic formula.
Read more about this topic: Logical Connective
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