A New Introduction To Modal Logic

Download or read book A New Introduction to Modal Logic written by M.J. Cresswell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited book replaces Hughes and Cresswell's two classic studies of modal logic: An Introduction to Modal Logic and A Companion to Modal Logic. A New Introduction to Modal Logic is an entirely new work, completely re-written by the authors. They have incorporated all the new developments that have taken place since 1968 in both modal propositional logic and modal predicate logic, without sacrificing tha clarity of exposition and approachability that were essential features of their earlier works. The book takes readers from the most basic systems of modal propositional logic right up to systems of modal predicate with identity. It covers both technical developments such as completeness and incompleteness, and finite and infinite models, and their philosophical applications, especially in the area of modal predicate logic.

Download or read book A New Introduction to Modal Logic written by George Edward Hughes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entirely new work guides the reader through the most basic systems of modal propositional logic up to systems of modal predicate with identity, dealing with both technical developments and discussing philosophical applications.

Download or read book Modal Logic written by Brian F. Chellas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1980-02-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory textbook on modal logic the logic of necessity and possibility.

Download or read book Modal Logic written by Nino B. Cocchiarella and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction. 2. The Syntax of Modal Sentential Calculi. 4. Semantics for Logical Necessity. 5. Semantics for S5. 6. Relational World Systems. 7. Quantified Modal Logic. 8. The Semantics of Quantified Modal Logic. 9. Second-Order Modal Logic. 10. Semantics of Second-Order Modal Logic. Afterword. Bibliography. Index.

Download or read book Modal Logic for Philosophers written by James W. Garson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2006 book provides an accessible, yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications.

Download or read book Modal Logic as Metaphysics written by Timothy Williamson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency, and change, using the latest resources of quantified modal logic. Contrary to the widespread assumption that logic and metaphysics are disjoint, he argues that modal logic provides a structural core for metaphysics.

Download or read book First-Order Modal Logic written by M. Fitting and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thorough treatment of first-order modal logic. The book covers such issues as quantification, equality (including a treatment of Frege's morning star/evening star puzzle), the notion of existence, non-rigid constants and function symbols, predicate abstraction, the distinction between nonexistence and nondesignation, and definite descriptions, borrowing from both Fregean and Russellian paradigms.