A Manual of Intensional Logic: 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Benthem, Johan F. A. K. Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0937073296 ISBN 13: 9780937073292

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1988

Synopsis

Intensional logic is the technical study of such intensional phenomena in human reasoning as modality, knowledge, or flow of time. These all require a richer semantic picture than standard truth values in one static environment. Such a picture is provided by so-called possible worlds semantics, a paradigm which is surveyed in this book, both as to its external sources of motivation and as to the internal dynamics of the resulting program. In particular, Manual of Intensional Logic presents the major classical topics, including modal logic, tense logic, and conditional logic, all of which illustrate motivations coming from philosophy and linguistics. The Book also discusses recent computational applications in computer science and AI. Finally, Manual of Intensional Logic takes up recent developments in the study of language and information making themselves felt in the area. The Book examines the role of partial information--with illustrations drawn from different branches of Intensional Logic--and various influences stemming from current theories of the semantics of natural language, involving generalized quantifiers and theories of types.

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About the Author

Johan van Benthem is the University Professor of logic, emeritus at the University of Amsterdam, the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, and the Jin Yuelin Chaired Professor of Logic at Tsinghua University Beijing.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937073296
• ISBN 13: 9780937073292
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 145