Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century (eBook)
732 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-046303-2 (ISBN)
This volume is number seven in the eleven volume Handbook of the History of Logic. It concentrates on the development of modal logic in the 20th century, one of the most important undertakings in logic's long history. Written by the leading researchers and scholars in the field, the volume explores the logics of necessity and possibility, knowledge and belief, obligation and permission, time, tense and change, relevance, and more. Both this volume and the Handbook as a whole are definitive reference tools for students and researchers in the history of logic, the history of philosophy, and any discipline, such as mathematics, computer science, artificial intelligence, for whom the historical background of his or her work is a salient consideration.
? Detailed and comprehensive chapters covering the entire range of modal logic.
? Contains the latest scholarly discoveries and interpretative insights that answer many questions in the field of logic.
Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century is an indispensable research tool for anyone interested in the development of logic, including researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate students in logic, history of logic, mathematics, history of mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive science, argumentation theory, philosophy, and the history of ideas.This volume is number seven in the eleven volume Handbook of the History of Logic. It concentrates on the development of modal logic in the 20th century, one of the most important undertakings in logic's long history. Written by the leading researchers and scholars in the field, the volume explores the logics of necessity and possibility, knowledge and belief, obligation and permission, time, tense and change, relevance, and more. Both this volume and the Handbook as a whole are definitive reference tools for students and researchers in the history of logic, the history of philosophy, and any discipline, such as mathematics, computer science, artificial intelligence, for whom the historical background of his or her work is a salient consideration.* Detailed and comprehensive chapters covering the entire range of modal logic.* Contains the latest scholarly discoveries and interpretative insights that answer many questions in the field of logic.
Cover 1
CONTENTS 6
Preface 8
List of Contributors 12
Mathematical Modal Logic: A View of its Evolution Rob Goldblatt 14
Epistemic Logic Paul Gochet and Pascal Gribomont 112
Deontic Logic Paul McNamara 210
Relevant and Substructural Logics Greg Restall 302
A. N. Prior’s Logic Peter Øhrstrøm and Per F. V. Hasle 412
Modern Temporal Logic: The Philosophical Background Peter Øhrstrøm and Per F. V. Hasle 460
The Gamut of Dynamic Logics Jan van Eijck and Martin Stokhof 512
Situation Theory and Situation Semantics Keith Devlin 614
Dialogue Logic Erik Krabbe 678
Index 718
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.5.2006 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-08-046303-7 / 0080463037 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-046303-2 / 9780080463032 |
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