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Modal Logics and Philosophy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317492177
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modal Logics and PhilosophyDDC classification:
  • 160
LOC classification:
  • BC199.M6 G57 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Argument and modality -- Part 1 Formal systems -- 2 A simple modal logic -- 3 The normal modal logics -- 4 The non-normal modal logics -- 5 Natural deduction and axiomatics -- 6 Conditional logic -- 7 Modal predicate logics -- 8 Quantifiers and existence -- Part 2 Applications -- 9 Alethic modality -- 10 Temporal logic -- 11 Dynamic logic -- 12 Epistemic logic -- 13 Deontic logic -- 14 Conditionals and reliability -- 15 Synthesis and worlds -- Answers -- Index.
Summary: Offers a comprehensive introduction to modal logics and their application suitable for course use. This book places its emphasis on showing how useful modal logic can be as a tool for formal philosophical analysis. It explores the applications of modal logic to philosophical issues such as truth, time, processes, and knowledge and belief.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Argument and modality -- Part 1 Formal systems -- 2 A simple modal logic -- 3 The normal modal logics -- 4 The non-normal modal logics -- 5 Natural deduction and axiomatics -- 6 Conditional logic -- 7 Modal predicate logics -- 8 Quantifiers and existence -- Part 2 Applications -- 9 Alethic modality -- 10 Temporal logic -- 11 Dynamic logic -- 12 Epistemic logic -- 13 Deontic logic -- 14 Conditionals and reliability -- 15 Synthesis and worlds -- Answers -- Index.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to modal logics and their application suitable for course use. This book places its emphasis on showing how useful modal logic can be as a tool for formal philosophical analysis. It explores the applications of modal logic to philosophical issues such as truth, time, processes, and knowledge and belief.

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