Logic, Convention, and Common Knowledge

A Conventionalist Account of Logic

Paul F. Syverson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2002
Centre for the Study of Language & Information (Verlag)
978-1-57586-392-4 (ISBN)

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One of the fundamental theses of this book is that logical consequence and logical truth are not simply given, but arise as conventions among the users of logic. Thus Syverson explains convention within a game-theoretic framework, as a kind of equilibrium between the strategies of players in a game where they share common knowledge of events - a revisiting of Lewis's Convention that argues that convention can be reasonably treated as coordination equilibria. Most strikingly, a realistic solution is provided for Gray's classic coordination problem wherein two generals can only communicate with each other through unreliable means.

Paul F. Syverson is a mathematician at the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems within the Naval Research Laboratory.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.10.2003
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes
Verlagsort	Stanford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	16 x 23 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	1-57586-392-8 / 1575863928
ISBN-13	978-1-57586-392-4 / 9781575863924
Zustand	Neuware