Logical frameworks for truth and abstraction: an axiomatic study
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Main Author: Cantini, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Science B.V. 1996
Series:Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics v. 135
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:This English translation of the author's original work has been thoroughly revised, expanded and updated. The book covers logical systems known as <IT>type-free</IT> or <IT>self-referential</IT>. These traditionally arise from any discussion on logical and semantical paradoxes. This particular volume, however, is not concerned with paradoxes but with the investigation of type-free sytems to show that: (i) there are rich theories of self-application, involving both operations and truth which can serve as foundations for property theory and formal semantics; (ii) these theories provide a new outlook on classical topics, such as inductive definitions and predicative mathematics; (iii) they are particularly promising with regard to applications. Research arising from paradoxes has moved progressively closer to the mainstream of mathematical logic and has become much more prominent in the last twenty years. A number of significant developments, techniques and results have been discovered. Academics, students and researchers will find that the book contains a thorough overview of all relevant research in this field
Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-440) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 461 p.)
ISBN:9780444823069
0444823069
9780080535586
0080535585

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