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In logic, a logical constant of a language \mathcal{L} is a symbol that has the same semantic value under every interpretation of \mathcal{L}.


Description

Two important types of logical constants are logical connectives and quantifiers.

The equality predicate (usually written '=') is also treated as a logical constant in many formal systems.

Philosophy of logic

One of the fundamental questions in the philosophy of logic is "What is a logical constant?"; that is, what special feature of certain constants makes them logical in nature?

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