SYSTEM OF LOGIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does system of logic mean?
• SYSTEM OF LOGIC (noun)
The noun SYSTEM OF LOGIC has 1 sense:
1. a system of reasoning
Familiarity information: SYSTEM OF LOGIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SYSTEM OF LOGIC (noun)
Meaning:
A system of reasoning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
logical system; system of logic; logic
Hypernyms ("system of logic" 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 "system of logic"):
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)
