Logic, Language and Computation: Volume 2: 96 (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Ginzburg, Jonathan; Moss, Lawrence; Rijke, Maarten De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157586181X ISBN 13: 9781575861814

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1999

Synopsis

Ideas from theoretical computer science continue to have an important influence on areas of philosophy and linguistics. The papers contained in this volume by some of the most influential computer scientists, linguists, logicians and philosophers of today cover subjects such as channel theory, presupposition and constraints, the modeling of discourse, and belief. The contributors include: Jon Barwise, who shows how the ideas of channel theory fit in with non-monotonic logic; Jelle Gerbrandy shows how ideas from dynamic logic can be used to study the notion of common knowledge among groups of agents; Wiebe van der Hoek and Maarten de Rijke provide ideas from theoretical computer science to a more philosophical area, belief revision; Rohit Parikh proposes a solution to one of the problems of belief revision; Paul Skokowski discusses Fred Dretske's theory of content; and Thomas Ede Zimmermann discusses the notions of discourse referent and information states.

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Book Description

The fields of logic, linguistics and computer science are intimately related, and modern research has uncovered a wide range of connections. The papers contained in this volume cover subjects such as channel theory, presupposition and constraints, the modeling of discourse, and belief.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157586181X
• ISBN 13: 9781575861814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 397