logicism

[ loj-uh-siz-uh m ]
/ ˈlɒdʒ əˌsɪz əm /

noun Logic, Mathematics.

the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.

Origin of logicism

First recorded in 1935–40; logic + -ism

British Dictionary definitions for logicism

logicism
/ (ˈlɒdʒɪˌsɪzəm) /

noun

the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be deduced from logic Compare intuitionism, formalism