propositional logic

Other forms: propositional logics

Definitions of propositional logic
  1. noun
    a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
    synonyms: propositional calculus
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    type of:
    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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