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Method of analytic tableaux — A graphical representation of a partially built propositional tableau In proof theory, the semantic tableau (or truth tree) is a decision procedure for sentential and related logics, and a proof procedure for formulas of first order logic. The… … Wikipedia
Laws of Form — (hereinafter LoF ) is a book by G. Spencer Brown, published in 1969, that straddles the boundary between mathematics and of philosophy. LoF describes three distinct logical systems: * The primary arithmetic (described in Chapter 4), whose models… … Wikipedia
Autoepistemic logic — The autoepistemic logic is a formal logic aimed at formalizing representation and reasoning of knowledge about knowledge. While propositional logic can only express facts, autoepistemic logic can express knowledge and lack of knowledge about… … Wikipedia
Implicational propositional calculus — In mathematical logic, the implicational propositional calculus is a version of classical (two valued) propositional calculus which uses only one connective, called implication or conditional. In formulas, this binary operation is indicated by… … Wikipedia
Predicate functor logic — In mathematical logic, predicate functor logic (PFL) is one of several ways to express first order logic (formerly known as predicate logic) by purely algebraic means, i.e., without quantified variables. PFL employs a small number of algebraic… … Wikipedia
First-order logic — is a formal logical system used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. It goes by many names, including: first order predicate calculus, the lower predicate calculus, quantification theory, and predicate logic (a less… … Wikipedia
Propositional calculus — In mathematical logic, a propositional calculus or logic (also called sentential calculus or sentential logic) is a formal system in which formulas of a formal language may be interpreted as representing propositions. A system of inference rules… … Wikipedia
Prenex normal form — A formula of the predicate calculus is in prenex[1] normal form if it is written as a string of quantifiers followed by a quantifier free part (referred to as the matrix). Every formula in classical logic is equivalent to a formula in prenex… … Wikipedia
Axiom schema — In mathematical logic, an axiom schema generalizes the notion of axiom.An axiom schema is a formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear. These variables, which are metalinguistic constructs,… … Wikipedia
New Foundations — In mathematical logic, New Foundations (NF) is an axiomatic set theory, conceived by Willard Van Orman Quine as a simplification of the theory of types of Principia Mathematica. Quine first proposed NF in a 1937 article titled New Foundations for … Wikipedia
