logicism
[
loj
-
uh
-siz-
uh
m]
/ˈlɒdʒ əˌsɪz əm/
noun
,
Logic, Mathematics
1.
the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to
logic
.
Origin
1935-40;
logic
+
-ism
Examples from the web for
logicism
One can call that logic, but it is really a kind of
logicism
that obscures the truth.
British Dictionary definitions for
logicism
logicism
/
ˈlɒdʒɪˌsɪzəm
/
noun
1.
the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be deduced from logic
Compare
intuitionism
,
formalism