Conditional statements relate two statements where the second statement is contingent on the first being true. They are represented by "if-then" phrases or a conditional arrow. The statement before the "if" is called the antecedent, and the statement after the "then" is called the consequent. Material implication describes the relationship between the antecedent and consequent, where a conditional statement is only false if the antecedent is true and consequent is false. There are different types of implications including logical, definitional, causal, and decisional.