symbolic logic

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He argued that the structural rigidity and rule-based grammar of Sanskrit offered a powerful natural analog to the symbolic logic of computer languages.

From Salon • May 21, 2023

The fields of science, logic, and mathematics include research into contemporary symbolic logic as well as interdisciplinary work in the philosophy of mathematics and the sciences; these areas are closely related to metaphysics and epistemology.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Peano’s axioms can be expressed in the notation of symbolic logic, from which all basic arithmetical operations, such as multiplication, can be derived.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

It is this symbolic logic which organizes demand.

From Scientific American • Sep. 6, 2013

Since symbolic logic was part of philosophy, I had chosen philosophy as my major subject, and I was finding it very exciting.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok