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Logic

a logic that allows singular terms that refer to nothing and drops the classical assumption that every term denotes an existing object.

In logic, free logic refers to a logic that allows singular terms that refer to nothing and drops the classical assumption that every term denotes an existing object. This meaning comes from Lambert (1967) in Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic.[1]

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Lambert, K. (1967). Free logic and the concept of existence. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 8(1-2). https://doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1093956251

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