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Modal Logic

Modal Logic

Modal Logic

An Introduction
Brian F. Chellas
February 1980
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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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    February 1980
    Paperback
    9780521295154
    312 pages
    230 × 153 × 28 mm
    0.51kg
    Available

    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.
      Author
    • Brian F. Chellas