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Melvin Fitting - Types, Tableaus and Godel's God - 9781402006043 - V9781402006043
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Types, Tableaus and Godel's God

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Description for Types, Tableaus and Godel's God Hardback. Godel's modal ontological argument is the centerpiece of an extensive examination of intensional logic. This title presents classical type theory, introduces tableau rules for it and gives the proof of Prawitz/Takahashi. Series: Trends in Logic. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 461.
Gödel's modal ontological argument is the centrepiece of an extensive examination of intensional logic. First, classical type theory is presented semantically, tableau rules for it are introduced, and the Prawitz/Takahashi completeness proof is given. Then modal machinery is added, semantically and through tableau rules, to produce a modified version of Montague/Gallin intensional logic. Extensionality, rigidity, equality, identity, and definite descriptions are investigated. Finally, various ontological proofs for the existence of God are discussed informally, and the Gödel argument is fully formalized. Objections to the Gödel argument are examined, including one due to Howard Sobel showing Gödel's assumptions are so strong ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
Series
Trends in Logic
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402006043
SKU
V9781402006043
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