Modal logic and Philosophy

Modal logic is one of philosophy’s many children. As a mature adult it has moved out of the parental home and is nowadays straying far from its parent. But the ties are still there: philosophy is important for modal logic, modal logic is important for philosophy. Or, at least, this is a thesis we tr...

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Published inHandbook of Modal Logic p. 1149
Main Authors Lindström, Sten, Krister, Segerberg
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 2007
SeriesStudies in Logic and Practical Reasoning
Subjects
belief change
conditional logic
deontic logic
Filosofiämnen
Historisk-filosofiska ämnen
History and philosophy subjects
HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP
HUMANITIES and RELIGION
Logic
logic of action
logical necessity
Logik
metaphysical necessity
modal logic
Philosophy subjects
quantification
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Summary:Modal logic is one of philosophy’s many children. As a mature adult it has moved out of the parental home and is nowadays straying far from its parent. But the ties are still there: philosophy is important for modal logic, modal logic is important for philosophy. Or, at least, this is a thesis we try to defend in this chapter.
ISBN:0444516905
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