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* which reduces the solution of problems to manipulations of [[symbolic]] expressions, and
* concerned with the properties and relationships of abstract entities represented in symbolic form.
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==Jacques Lacan==
In 1955, [[Jacques Lacan]] begins to use [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s in 1955 -- in an attempt to [[formaliseformalize]] [[psychoanalysis]].
===Formalization of Psychoanalysis===
Three main reasons lie behind this attempt at [[formalization]].
