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  • noun The study of all the axioms associated with a particular subject

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  • As we shall see in the next section, it is also important when it comes to the axiomatic structure mereology, including the axiomatics of the most classical theories.

    Wild Dreams Of Reality, 3 2009

  • Finally, it is worth recalling that the assumption of atomism generally allows for significant simplifications in the axiomatics of mereology.

    Wild Dreams Of Reality, 3 2009

  • With respect to axiomatics, the logics obtained by fibring (or by a variant of fibring called dovetailing) can, in some cases, be axiomatized by the union of the (schema) axioms of the given logics.

    Combining Logics Carnielli, Walter 2007

  • All this follows, of course, from the very nature of axiomatics, as explained in the passage quoted from Pasch.

    Nineteenth Century Geometry Torretti, Roberto 2007

  • In retrospect we can see Leśniewski's obsession with the fine detail of axiomatics and his rejection of semantics as conditioned by his own idiosyncratic development and the predominant research interests of the 1910s and 1920s.

    Stanisław Leśniewski Simons, Peter 2007

  • The bridge principles must be explicitly added to the union of the original axiomatics in order to ensure completeness.

    Combining Logics Carnielli, Walter 2007

  • He collaborated with the legendary David Hilbert, champion of axiomatics in science and mathematics.

    The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

  • He collaborated with the legendary David Hilbert, champion of axiomatics in science and mathematics.

    The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

  • Thus, axiomatics can be seen as a formal microcosm of the human mind set -- a mind set which is our "living our life from place".

    Do we think about what we think about before we think about it? 2006

  • It is this approach that gives rise to an axiomatics, where the axioms were to be numbered among those things identified as the self-evident truths.

    Hermann Lotze Sullivan, David 2005

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