ALL meanings of formal logic
for·mal log·ic
F f - noun formal logic the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions. 1
- noun formal logic (logic) Mathematical logic. 0
- noun formal logic (logic) A particular logical calculus. 0
- noun formal logic the study of systems of deductive argument in which symbols are used to represent precisely defined categories of expressions 0
- noun formal logic a specific formal system that can be interpreted as representing a fragment of natural argument 0
- noun formal logic the branch of logic that examines patterns of reasoning to determine which ones necessarily result in valid, or formally correct, conclusions 0