Barcan formula

English

Etymology

Introduced by the logician Ruth Barcan Marcus.

Proper noun

the Barcan formula

(logic) In quantified modal logic, the formula $\forall x\Box Fx\rightarrow \Box \forall xFx$ , meaning "if every x is necessarily F, then it is necessary that every x is F".

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