Logic vs Metaphysics - What's the difference?
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logical
(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
(philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
* 2001 , Mark Sainsbury, Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, Second Edition , Blackwell Publishing, p. 9
(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of proof of statements.
(countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
(uncountable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
(uncountable) The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
(pejorative) To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
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To apply logical reasoning to.
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To overcome by logical argument.
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(philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ).
(philosophy, countable) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
(uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
* 1990 Jan. 1, Lance Morrow, "
(uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
(uncountable) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
(countable) Plural of countable senses of metaphysic.
As an adjective logic
is logical.As a noun metaphysics is
(philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ).logic
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Alternative forms
* logick (archaic)Adjective
Noun
(wikipedia logic)- An old tradition has it that there are two branches of logic: deductive logic and inductive logic. More recently, the differences between these disciplines have become so marked that most people nowadays use "logic" to mean deductive logic, reserving terms like "confirmation theory" for at least some of what used to be called inductive logic. I shall follow the more recent practice, and shall construe "philosophy of logic" as "philosophy of deductive logic".
- It's hard to work out his system of logic .
- Fred is designing the logic for the new controller.
Synonyms
* formal logic, modern logic * formal system * (philosophy ): predicate logicDerived terms
(Derived terms) * Aristotelian logic * Boolean logic * chop logic * combinational logic * computability logic * deontic logic * diode logic * diode-transistor logic * first-order logic * formal logic * fuzzy logic * intensional logic * interpretability logic * intuitionistic logic * logic chopper * many-sorted logic * material logic * mathematical logic * modal logic * modern logic * multi-valued logic * negative logic * non-Aristotelian logic * philosophical logic * positive logic * predicate logic * propositional logic * provability logic * resistor-transistor logic * sequential logic * symbolic logic * traditional logic * transistor-transistor logicVerb
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(wikipedia metaphysics)Noun
- Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
- The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.
- In Aristotelian metaphysics physical objects have both form and matter.
- In his ''Pensées'', Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics : space, time, motion, and number.
Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change," Time :
- The metaphysics of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory.
- I have a collection of books on metaphysics , covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
- This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog shrouded metaphysics !