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existential instantiation

existential instantiation noun: in predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).

Noun

existential instantiation (plural existential instantiations)

  1. In predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).

Forms of existential instantiation

pluralexistential instantiations

Questions about existential instantiation

What does existential instantiation mean?
Existential instantiation means in predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).
What part of speech is existential instantiation?
Existential instantiation is a noun.
What is the plural of existential instantiation?
The plural of existential instantiation is existential instantiations.

Words near existential instantiation in the dictionary

  1. existency
  2. existent
  3. existential
  4. existential crises
  5. existential crisis
  6. existential instantiation
  7. existential instantiations
  8. existential nihilism
  9. existential quantifier
  10. existential quantifiers
  11. existential risk

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