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predicate logic
     
         (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of
        {propositional logic} with separate symbols for {predicates},
        {subjects}, and {quantifiers}.
     
        For example, where propositional logic might assign a single
        symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate
        logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the
        subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the {universal
        quantifier} ("For all"):
     
        	All x . M(x)
     
        Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the
        subjects of other predicates.
     
        (2002-05-21)