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formal logic

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formal logic
n.
The study of the properties of propositions and deductive reasoning by abstraction and analysis of the form rather than the content of propositions under consideration.
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Noun1.formal logic - any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
mathematical logic, symbolic logic
logical system, system of logic, logic - a system of reasoning
Boolean algebra, Boolean logic - a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers
propositional calculus, propositional logic - a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
functional calculus, predicate calculus - a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
modal logic - a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
fuzzy logic - a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1


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When viewed in the light of formal logic, there is not one thing of which to be ashamed; but nevertheless a shame rises within me at the recollection, and in the pride of my manhood I feel that my manhood has in unaccountable ways been smirched and sullied.
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