Indeed, the hope was that the study of logic could be embraced in this spirit, thus making logic a branch of mathematics, the opposite of Frege's intention.
It will be capable of making logic LSI semiconductors with 90 nanometer and 65 nanometer technologies, the Japanese electronics maker said.
Considering Ramus' desire to make logic responsive to the needs of the humanities, it is reasonable to ask whether the method was applicable to artificial products such as poetry or only to natural things.
True believers have always argued that, in the long run, enlargement makes the logic of "ever closer union" ever harder to resist.
The ontology of Plato and Aristotle rather makes a logic of reality reveal itself, a logic that explains the world of reality as seen from within.
"Ironically the financial crisis has brought us closer together," said Mr. Kennard, who argues that a time of limited resources makes the logic of closer cooperation more compelling.
Rebel fighters are coming under artillery fire, yet they do not have much heavy weaponry, making the tactical logic of arms transfers clear, says Alexander Golts, a military analyst.
The process of making mathematical logic rigorous and of demonstrating the usefulness of the techniques in pursuing mathematical ends that was pursued so successfully in the first half of the twentieth century represents a coherent refinement of logical methodology.
It was a novel approach, but the message was hidden, and it depended on aliens making leaps of logic in order to decipher it.
The classification systems that could be built by making use of logic could be based upon true knowledge, or mere opinion, and so these systems themselves could also be classified hierarchically.
