Modal logic: an introduction

A textbook on modal logic, intended for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic, containing nearly 500 exercises. Brian F. Chellas provides a systematic introduction to the principal ideas and results in contemporary treatments of modality, including theorems on completeness and...

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Main Author: Chellas, Brian F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1980
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Summary:A textbook on modal logic, intended for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic, containing nearly 500 exercises. Brian F. Chellas provides a systematic introduction to the principal ideas and results in contemporary treatments of modality, including theorems on completeness and decidability. Illustrative chapters focus on deontic logic and conditionality. Modality is a rapidly expanding branch of logic, and familiarity with the subject is now regarded as a necessary part of every philosopher's technical equipment. Chellas here offers an up-to-date and reliable guide essential for the student
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 295 pages)
ISBN:9780511621192
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511621192

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