Extended MR with Nesting of Predicate Expressions as a Basic Logic for Social Phenomena

Aleksander Parol; Krzysztof  Pietrowicz; Joanna Szalacha-Jarmużek

doi:10.18778/0138-0680.2021.09

Authors

Aleksander Parol Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Department of Philosophy, ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7700-1800
Krzysztof Pietrowicz Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Sociology, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 1a, 87-100 Torun, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-4672
Joanna Szalacha-Jarmużek Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Sociology, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 1a, 87-100 Torun, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6445-8385

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0138-0680.2021.09

Keywords:

logic for social sciences, positional logic, realisation operator, social phenomena

Abstract

In this article, we present the positional logic that is suitable for the formalization of reasoning about social phenomena. It is the effect of extending the Minimal Realisation (MR) logic with new expressions. These expressions allow, inter alia, to consider different points of view of social entities (humanistic coefficient). In the article, we perform a metalogical analysis of this logic. Finally, we present some simple examples of its application.

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