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Noun: formal logic  'for-mal 'ló-jik
  1. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
    - symbolic logic, mathematical logic

Derived forms: formal logics

Type of: logic, logical system, system of logic

Encyclopedia: Formal logic