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logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
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philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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modal logic a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
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logic - a system of reasoning |
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system of rules,
system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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aristotelian logic the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages
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formal logic,
mathematical logic,
symbolic logic any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
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logic - the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations |
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system of rules,
system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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computer science,
computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
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logic - reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic" |
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common sense,
good sense,
horse sense,
mother wit,
gumption,
sense sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
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logic - the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war" |
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principle a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
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