| mathematical logic n. See symbolic logic. |
mathematical logic
n
(Philosophy / Logic) (Mathematics) symbolic logic, esp that branch concerned with the foundations of mathematics
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| Noun | 1. |  mathematical logic - any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validityBoolean 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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