LOGICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logicism mean? 

• LOGICISM (noun)
  The noun LOGICISM has 1 sense:

1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic

  Familiarity information: LOGICISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGICISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("logicism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)