Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century ( Volume 7 )

Publication series :Volume 7

Author: Gabbay   Dov M.;Woods   John  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2006

E-ISBN: 9780080463032

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444516220

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780444516220

Subject: O1-0 mathematical theory

Language: ENG

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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.

Chapter

Cover

pp.:  1 – 6

CONTENTS

pp.:  6 – 8

Preface

pp.:  8 – 12

List of Contributors

pp.:  12 – 14

Epistemic Logic Paul Gochet and Pascal Gribomont

pp.:  112 – 210

Deontic Logic Paul McNamara

pp.:  210 – 302

Relevant and Substructural Logics Greg Restall

pp.:  302 – 412

A. N. Prior’s Logic Peter Øhrstrøm and Per F. V. Hasle

pp.:  412 – 460

Modern Temporal Logic: The Philosophical Background Peter Øhrstrøm and Per F. V. Hasle

pp.:  460 – 512

The Gamut of Dynamic Logics Jan van Eijck and Martin Stokhof

pp.:  512 – 614

Situation Theory and Situation Semantics Keith Devlin

pp.:  614 – 678

Dialogue Logic Erik Krabbe

pp.:  678 – 718

Index

pp.:  718 – 734

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