Modal Logics and Philosophy, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Rod Girle

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 257
Edition: Second edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The first text to combine a clear introduction to formal modal logic with a rigorous presentation of its uses as a tool for philosophical analysis.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Modal Logics and Philosophy
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Argument and modality
Part 1 Formal systems
2 A simple modal logic
3 The normal modal logics
4 The non-normal modal logics
5 Natural deduction and axiomatics
6 Conditional logic
7 Modal predicate logics
8 Quantifiers and existence
Part 2 Applications
9 Alethic modality
10 Temporal logic
11 Dynamic logic
12 Epistemic logic
13 Deontic logic
14 Conditionals and reliability
15 Synthesis and worlds
Answers
Index

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