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LOGICAL SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of reasoning
Synonyms:
logic; logical system; system of logic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("logical system" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Domain member category:
extrapolate (gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating)
induce (reason or establish by induction)
deduce; deduct; derive; infer (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)
contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)
elicit (derive by reason)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "logical system"):
Aristotelian logic (the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages)
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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