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Symbolic Logic may just be an old-timey way of describing a 'Programming Language' or 'Boolean Logic'. I did however find this: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2687890 which is listed as 'non-fiction'AncientSwordRage– AncientSwordRage ♦2020-07-02 11:01:51 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 11:01
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@AncientSwordRage It is most definitely NOT a synonym for Boolean logic in the book.Tonny– Tonny2020-07-02 13:57:08 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 13:57
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I recall that Psychology and Sociology were sciences in that future, with a mathematical basis. The main character was an expert in that new field, sent as the ship's "morale officer". I assume Symbolic Logic was something to do with that.Owen Reynolds– Owen Reynolds2020-07-02 21:02:24 +00:00Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 21:02
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3The "Symbolic Logic" in the book is almost certainly symbolic logic, which is very much not fictional.Mark– Mark2020-07-03 01:17:03 +00:00Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 1:17
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1@Mark I think you're right. van Vogt was really interested in this sort of thing and based several of his novels on various logic systems (e.g. the NULL-A books). Voyage is actually a rework of his own (his first work) short story "Black Destroyer" from 1938 which is a few year after Gödels initial works (1929 and 1931) on Symbolic Logic.Tonny– Tonny2020-07-03 08:22:34 +00:00Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 8:22
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