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noun
Any formal system that attempts to deal with modalities, such as possibility and necessity, but also obligation and permission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: symbolic logic, mathematical logic, formal logic
Narrower terms: alethic logic, deontic logic, epistemic logic, doxastic logic
noun
the logical study of necessity and possibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: logic
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