Category
page 1Formalism (deductive)
David Hilbert
German mathematician (1862–1943)
formalism
view that statements of logic can be considered to be statements about the consequences of certain string manipulation rules
canonical form
standard (often unique) way of presenting an object as a mathematical expression
legal formalism
positive or descriptive theory of adjudication
parameterized post-Newtonian formalism
classification system for different theories of gravity
ADM formalism
Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity
BSSN formalism
formalism of general relativity
Resolvent formalism
Technique in mathematics
ethical formalism
type of ethical theory
Formal epistemology
use of methods from decision theory, logic, probability theory and computability theory to model and reason about issues of epistemological interest