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Logic, Convention and Common Knowledge – A Conventionalist Account of Logic: 142 (Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Syverson, Paul F

 
9781575863917: Logic, Convention and Common Knowledge – A Conventionalist Account of Logic: 142 (Lecture Notes)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 157586391X ISBN 13: 9781575863917
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2008

Synopsis

One of the fundamental theses of this book is that logical consequence and logical truth are not simply given, but arise as conventions among the users of logic. Thus Syverson explains convention within a game-theoretic framework, as a kind of equilibrium between the strategies of players in a game where they share common knowledge of events - a revisiting of Lewis's Convention that argues that convention can be reasonably treated as coordination equilibria. Most strikingly, a realistic solution is provided for Gray's classic coordination problem wherein two generals can only communicate with each other through unreliable means.

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About the Author

Paul F. Syverson is a mathematician at the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems within the Naval Research Laboratory.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Information
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157586391X
ISBN 13 
9781575863917
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
144