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n-place predicate — A predicate thought of as an open sentence that requires n variables to be either bound or substituted by a referring expression to make a closed sentence. Thus ‘ x is the daughter of y ’ is a two place predicate, that can be turned into a… … Philosophy dictionary
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Eleatic One — ▪ philosophy in Eleatic philosophy, the assertion of Parmenides of Elea that Being is one (Greek: hen) and unique and that it is continuous, indivisible, and all that there is or ever will be. His deduction of the predicate one from… … Universalium
formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions. [1855 60] * * * Introduction the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used … Universalium
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First-order logic — is a formal logical system used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. It goes by many names, including: first order predicate calculus, the lower predicate calculus, quantification theory, and predicate logic (a less… … Wikipedia
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