单词 | logic |
释义 | logic (once / 202 pages) 1n 2n Some people think of logic as cold in its insistence on reasoning based only on what can be proven. But without logic's systematic thinking, most mathematical and scientific advances would never have been made. Over time, the meaning of logic has expanded to include any system of thought––you might talk about the "three-year-old logic that puts lollipops ahead of safety," or talk about the "flawed logic of thinking that anyone you meet on the Internet must be cool." WORD FAMILYlogic: illogic, logical, logician, logicism, logics, logistician+/illogic: illogics/illogical: illogicality, illogically, illogicalness/illogicality: illogicalities/logical: illogical, logicality, logically, logicalness, unlogical/logician: logicians/logistician: logisticians USAGE EXAMPLESHere is what Hughes purported to be her logic: Salon(Jan 01, 2017) This is the logic of many video game sequels: Over time, they become more about the auto-nostalgia for previous games in the series. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) There’s a logic to the Virginia painters’ show at the Athenaeum, even if their methods allow wild juxtapositions and improvisational gestures. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference Hypo|Hyper modal logic the logical study of necessity and possibility philosophy the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics 2n reasoned and reasonable judgment it made a certain kind of logic Hyper common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense sound practical judgment 3n the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation economic logic requires it by the logic of war Hyper principle a basic truth or law or assumption 4n a system of reasoning 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper logical system, system of logic Aristotelian logic the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages formal logic, mathematical logic, symbolic logicany logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity Boolean algebra, Boolean logica system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers propositional calculus, propositional logica branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them functional calculus, predicate calculusa system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions) modal logica system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts fuzzy logica form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1 system, system of rules a complex of methods or rules governing behavior n the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations Hyper system, system of rules a complex of methods or rules governing behavior |
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