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Modal Logics and Philosophy, Second Edition |
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The new edition of this widely used and respected textbook includes three new chapters on conditional logic. Other chapters have been revised and updated, making the second edition a fully comprehensive introduction to modal logics and their application. Unlike most modal logic textbooks, which are both forbidding mathematically and short on philosophical discussion, Modal Logics and Philosophy focuses on showing how useful modal logic can be as a tool for formal philosophical analysis.
In Part 1, the reader is introduced to some standard systems of modal logic and provided with a series of exercises that encourage proficiency in manipulating these logics. Girle emphasizes possible world semantics for modal logics and its formal method, Jeffrey-style truth-trees, in which standard truth-trees are extended in a simple and transparent way to take possible worlds into account. Part 2 explores the applications of modal logic to philosophical issues such as truth, time, processes, knowledge and belief, and obligation and permission.
In Part 1, the reader is introduced to some standard systems of modal logic and provided with a series of exercises that encourage proficiency in manipulating these logics. Girle emphasizes possible world semantics for modal logics and its formal method, Jeffrey-style truth-trees, in which standard truth-trees are extended in a simple and transparent way to take possible worlds into account. Part 2 explores the applications of modal logic to philosophical issues such as truth, time, processes, knowledge and belief, and obligation and permission.
Details
256 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773536487
January 2010
Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook
"Rod Girle is the best logic teacher that I know. All those who want a non-technical introduction to modal logic and its applications, not just Girle's own students, will now be able to benefit from his outstanding pedagogic skills." Graham Priest, University of Queensland
"Modal Logics and Philosophy has the technical precision and rigour that is sometimes sacrificed to concern with philosophical logic. A book that will stand out amongst modal logic texts." Bernard Linsky, University of Alberta
"Modal Logics and Philosophy has the technical precision and rigour that is sometimes sacrificed to concern with philosophical logic. A book that will stand out amongst modal logic texts." Bernard Linsky, University of Alberta
Rod Girle is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Auckland.
Contents
Preface Vi
1 Argument and modality 1
Part 1 Formal systems
2 A simple modal logic 13
3 The normal modal logics 28
4 The non-normal modal logics 52
5 Natural deduction and axiomatics 68
6 Conditional logic 87
7 Modal predicate logics 106
8 Quantifiers and existence 126
Part 2 Applications
9 Alethic modality 139
10 Temporal logic 151
11 Dynamic logic 172
12 Epistemic logic 178
13 Deontic logic 200
14 Conditionals and reliability 207
15 Synthesis and worlds 226
Answers 230
Index 245
Preface Vi
1 Argument and modality 1
Part 1 Formal systems
2 A simple modal logic 13
3 The normal modal logics 28
4 The non-normal modal logics 52
5 Natural deduction and axiomatics 68
6 Conditional logic 87
7 Modal predicate logics 106
8 Quantifiers and existence 126
Part 2 Applications
9 Alethic modality 139
10 Temporal logic 151
11 Dynamic logic 172
12 Epistemic logic 178
13 Deontic logic 200
14 Conditionals and reliability 207
15 Synthesis and worlds 226
Answers 230
Index 245
