philosophical logic

British  

noun

1. the branch of philosophy that studies the relationship between formal logic and ordinary language, esp the extent to which the former can be held accurately to represent the latter

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Example Sentences

Over the course of the eleventh century, translations of Aristotle’s work on formal philosophical logic re-emerged in Europe.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Over the course of the eleventh century, translations of Aristotle’s work on formal philosophical logic reemerged in Europe.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

Nevertheless, none of these peoples produced anything equivalent to Athenian democracy, comic theatre, philosophical logic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2015

Such issues may seem of small consequence, but the need to talk about them is necessarily the meat of philosophical logic.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2012

It is the business of philosophical logic to extract this knowledge from its concrete integuments, and to render it explicit and pure.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand