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9780199259878

Possibilities and Paradox An Introduction to Modal and Many-Valued Logic

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    9780199259878

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    0199259879

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-24
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Extensively classroom-tested, Possibilities and Paradox provides an accessible and carefully structured introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The authors cover the basic formal frameworks, enlivening the discussion of these different systems of logic by considering their philosophical motivations and implications. Easily accessible to students with no background in the subject, the text features innovative learning aids in each chapter, including exercises that provide hands-on experience, examples that demonstrate the application of concepts, and guides to further reading.

Author Biography

Bas C. Van Fraassen is the McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries
Philosophical Motives
Set-Theoretic Tools
Languages and Logics
Tableaux
Possibilities
Normal Modal Logics
Variations on a Theme
Paradox
Around Truth and Falsity
Gaps, Gluts and Liars
Heaps, Supertruth and the Continuum
Metatheory
Further Tools
Logical Systems and Completeness
Meta-Theorems for Non-Classical Logics
Bibliography
Index
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