Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848901321 ISBN 13: 9781848901322

Publisher: College Publications, 2013

Synopsis

The Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems presents a detailed overview of the main lines of research on contemporary deontic logic and related topics. Although building on decades of previous work in the field, it is the first collection to take into account the significant changes in the landscape of deontic logic that have occurred in the past twenty years. These changes have resulted largely, though not entirely, from the interaction of deontic logic with a variety of other fields, including computer science, legal theory, organizational theory, economics, and linguistics. This first volume of the Handbook is divided into three parts, containing nine chapters in all, each written by leading experts in the field. The first part concentrates on historical foundations. The second examines topics of central interest in contemporary deontic logic. The third presents some new logical frameworks that have now become part of the mainstream literature. A second volume of the Handbook is currently in preparation, and there may be a third after that.

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About the Author

John Horty is a Professor in the Philosophy Department and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Agency and Deontic Logic (Oxford, 2001) as well as papers on a variety of topics in logic, philosophy, and computer science.

Edition details

• Publisher: College Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1848901321
• ISBN 13: 9781848901322
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 646
• Editor: Gabbay Dov, Horty John, Parent Xavier, Ron Van Der Meyden, Leendert Van Der Torre