Logical form

The logical form of a sentence (or proposition or statement or truthbearer) or set of sentences is the form obtained by abstracting from the subject matter of its content terms or by regarding the content terms as mere placeholders or blanks on a form.

Description

In an ideal logical language, the logical form can be determined from syntax alone; formal languages used in formal sciences are examples of such languages.

Logical form, however, should not be confused with the mere syntax used to represent it; there may be more than one string that represents the same logical form in a given language.

The logical form of an argument is called the argument form or test form of the argument.

See also

• Argument map
• Fallacy
  • Logical fallacy
  • Informal fallacy
• Categorial grammar
• Sense and reference
• Analytic proposition
• List of invalid argument forms
• List of valid argument forms
• Synthetic proposition

External links

• Logical form @ Wikipedia