Module 5: Mathematical Logic

Question 1

Deals with scientific method of judging the truth or falsity of statements

Answer 1

Logic

Question 2

Body of statements or mathematical sentences

Answer 2

Mathematics

Question 3

Important in understanding mathematics as a logical system

Answer 3

Symbolic language

Question 4

Basis of all mathematical reasoning

Answer 4

Logic

Question 5

One of the first mathematicians to make serious study of symbolic language

Answer 5

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 6

Tried to advance the study of logic from merely philosophical subject to a formal mathematical subject.

Answer 6

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 7

Several mathematicians that contributed to the advancement of symbolic logic as a mathematical discipline.

Answer 7

Augustus de Morgan and George Boole

Question 8

A declarative sentence that is either true or false, but not both true and false

Answer 8

Statement or Proposition

Question 9

A statement that conveys a single idea.

Answer 9

Simple statement

Question 10

A statement that conveys two or more ideas.

Answer 10

Compound statement

Question 11

Denial of a statement is called?

Answer 11

Negation