Modal Logic
Modal Logic
An Introduction
Brian F. Chellas
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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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No date availablePaperback
9780521295154
312 pages
230 × 153 × 28 mm
0.51kg
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Logical preliminaries
- Part II:
- 3. Standard models for modal logics:
- 4. Normal systems of modal logic
- 5. Determination and decidability for normal systems
- 6. Deontic logic
- Part III:
- 7. Minimal models for modal logics
- 8. Classical systems of modal logic
- 9. Determination and decidability for classical systems
- 10. Conditional logic
- Select bibliography
- Index of symbols
- Index of schemas, rules, and systems, Index of subjects.
