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What does logicism mean?

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Noun
  1. (philosophy) The doctrine that mathematics is a branch of logic in that some or all mathematics is reducible to logic.
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His doctrine differed substantially from the formalism of Hilbert and the logicism of Russell.
There was thus an affinity between logical positivism and logicism.
And the irreverence of mere logicism of the Arian mind is always a threat to us enroute.
Tarski also showed new perspectives for logicism by defining logical concepts as invariants under one-to-one transformations.
This paper will argue that the early Quine's engagement with Russell's logicism was a crucial stage in the development of his philosophy.
This aim makes Frege the first to fully develop the main thesis of logicism, that mathematics is reducible to logic.

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