Modal Logic for Open Minds: Volume 199 (Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Van Benthem, Johan

 
9781575865980: Modal Logic for Open Minds: Volume 199 (Lecture Notes)
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ISBN 10: 157586598X ISBN 13: 9781575865980
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2010

Synopsis

In Modal Logic for Open Minds, Johan van Benthem provides an up-to-date introduction to the field of modal logic, outlining its major ideas and exploring the numerous ways in which various academic fields have adopted it. Van Benthem begins with the basic theories of modal logic, semantics, bisimulation, and axiomatics, and also covers more advanced topics, such as expressive power and computational complexity. The book then moves to a wide range of applications, including new developments in information flow, intelligent agency, and games. Taken together, the chapters show modal logic at the crossroads of philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, computer science, and economics. Most of the chapters are followed by exercises, making this volume ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy, computer science, symbolic systems, cognitive science, and linguistics.

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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.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Information
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157586598X
ISBN 13 
9781575865980
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
350

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