sentential calculus

sentential calculus

n
(Logic) logic the formal theory the intended interpretation of which concerns the logical relations between sentences treated only as a whole and without regard to their internal structure
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senten′tial cal′culus


n.
the branch of symbolic logic that deals with the logical relations between unanalyzed propositions, as conjunction, disjunction, negation, and implication. Compare functional calculus. Also called propositional calculus.
[1935–40]
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