Logic and the modalities in the twentieth century
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 in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier North Holland
2006, 2006
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| Series: | Handbook of the history of logic
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| Collection: | Elsevier eBook collection Mathematics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 logics 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780444516220 1280630930 0444516220 9781280630934 0080463037 |