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quantificational logic

quantificational logic noun: the logic of sentences involving quantifiers, predicates, and names; the branch of logic that investigates the properties that arguments, sentences, and sets of sentences have in virtue of their quantificational structure.

Noun

quantificational logic (uncountable)

  1. The logic of sentences involving quantifiers, predicates, and names; the branch of logic that investigates the properties that arguments, sentences, and sets of sentences have in virtue of their quantificational structure.
    • Classical quantificational logic is the logic of quantifiers 'all' and 'some' in combination with truth functions.1990, Willard Van Orman Quine, Philosophy of Logic, 2nd edition, Harvard University Press, page 35
    Synonyms:
    first-order logic, predicate logic, elementary logic, quantification theory

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What does quantificational logic mean?
Quantificational logic means the logic of sentences involving quantifiers, predicates, and names; the branch of logic that investigates the properties that arguments, sentences, and sets of sentences have in virtue of their quantificational structure.
What part of speech is quantificational logic?
Quantificational logic is a noun.

Words near quantificational logic in the dictionary

  1. quantifiables
  2. quantifiably
  3. quantificate
  4. quantification
  5. quantificational
  6. quantificational logic
  7. quantificationally
  8. quantifications
  9. quantificative
  10. quantified
  11. quantified self

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