Formal sciences
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The formal sciences are the branches of knowledge that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information theory, systems theory, decision theory, statistics, and some aspects of linguistics.
Unlike other sciences, the formal sciences are not concerned with the validity of theories based on observations in the real world, but instead with the properties of formal systems based on definitions and rules. Methods of the formal sciences are, however, applied in constructing and testing scientific models dealing with observable reality.
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See also
- Rationalism
- Abstract structure
- Abstraction in mathematics
- Abstraction in computer science
- Formal
- Formal language
- Formal method
- Formal system
- Mathematical model
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