Many-sorted logic, when sorts are allowed to range over proper classes or when sort predicates are defined second-order, exceeds the expressive boundary at which Henkin-style completeness is guaranteed.
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Categories or types that organize what things you're allowed to talk about in a logical system—like separating 'numbers' from 'colors' so you don't mix them up.
many-sorted logic(Logic foundations and translations)
A logic that accommodates reasoning about more than one sort (type) of objects, generalizing first-order logic by allowing multiple base types.
second-order(as used in logic and philosophy of language)
Referring to thinking about thinking itself, or rules about rules—a step removed from the basic level.