symbolic logic

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He argued that the structural rigidity and rule-based grammar of Sanskrit offered a powerful natural analog to the symbolic logic of computer languages.

From Salon

Wilkes happened to have some intellectual preparation: As a philosophy major, she had studied symbolic logic, which can involve creating arguments and inferences by stringing together and/or statements in a way that resembles coding.

From New York Times

“Some people call it symbolic logic,” I said.

From Literature

This perspective is usually called “symbolic A.I.” — because its definition of cognition is based on symbolic logic — or, disparagingly, “good old-fashioned A.I.”

From New York Times

“For Claude Shannon” is named after the mathematical engineer who connected symbolic logic with electronic circuits.

From New York Times