"quantificational logic" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=quantificational logic}} quantificational logic (uncountable)
  1. (logic) The logic of sentences involving quantifiers, predicates, and names; the branch of logic that investigates the properties that arguments, sentences, and sets of sentences have in virtue of their quantificational structure. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: first-order logic, predicate logic, elementary logic, quantification theory Related terms: quantifier, predicate, binding, scope, second-order logic, higher-order logic
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