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Handbook of Philosophical Logic
. Ed(S): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz
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Paperback. In its second edition, this book surveys the changing landscape of philosophical logic, and shows how the computer science, artificial intelligence and computational linguistics fields have driven the demand for development in philosophical logic. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Guenthner, Franz. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 796 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1146.
The chapters in the present volume go beyond 'classical' extensional logic with respect to one important factor: they all include among the semantic constituents representations of so-called 'possible worlds'. The inclusion of such 'indices' has turned out to be the semantic mainstay in dealing with a number of issues having to do with intensional features of natural and artificial languages. It is, of course, an open question whether 'possible world' semantics is in the final analysis the proper solution to the many problems and puzzles intensional constructions raise for the logical analysis of the many varieties of discourse. At present, ... Read more
The chapters in the present volume go beyond 'classical' extensional logic with respect to one important factor: they all include among the semantic constituents representations of so-called 'possible worlds'. The inclusion of such 'indices' has turned out to be the semantic mainstay in dealing with a number of issues having to do with intensional features of natural and artificial languages. It is, of course, an open question whether 'possible world' semantics is in the final analysis the proper solution to the many problems and puzzles intensional constructions raise for the logical analysis of the many varieties of discourse. At present, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
796
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
788
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400962613
SKU
V9789400962613
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