2. Predicate logic
Definition (first-order predicate logic). First-order predicate
logic or sentential logic or statement logic is a branch of logic
that deals with quantified variables, so that rather than propositions
such as "Socrates is a man" in propositional logic, there are formulas
such as "There exists x such that x is Socrates and x is a man".
Nota bene (omission of the term first order):
In the remainder of this article, (first-order) predicate logic
will simply be referred to as simplified predicate logic.
Historically, it was initially a formalization of mathematical
language and reasoning, proposed by G. Frege between the end of the
19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and "popularized" by B.
Russel and A. N. Whitehead (1910-1913). Predicate logic was introduced
to the mathematical community...
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