
Handbook of Philosophical Logic
Volume 8
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 21. October 2012
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Paperback/Softback
XIII, 354 pages
978-94-010-3919-2 (ISBN)
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DovGabbay King'sCollegeLondon x Logic II IT Natural Program Artificialin- Logic p- language controlspec- telligence gramming processing ification, verification, concurrency Temporal Expressive Expressive Planning. Extension of logic poweroftense power for re- Time depen- Horn clause operators. currentevents. dent data. with time Temporal Specification Eventcalculus. capability. indices. Sepa- of tempo- Persistence Eventcalculus. rationofpast ral control. throughtime- Temporallogic fromfuture Decisionprob- the Frame programming. Problem.Tem- lems. Model checking. poral query language. temporal transactions. Modal logic. generalised Actionlogic Beliefrevision. Negation by Multi-modal quantifiers Inferential failure and logics databases modality Algorithmic Discourse rep- New logics. Generaltheory Proceduralap- proof resentation. Generic theo- of reasoning. proachtologic Direct com- remprovers Non-monotonic putation on systems linguisticinput Non- Resolving Loopchecking. Intrinsiclogical Negation by monotonic ambigui- Non-monotonic discipline for failure.Deduc- reasoning ties. Machine decisionsabout AI. Evolving tivedatabases translation. loops. Faults and com- Document insystems. municating classification.
databases Relevance theory Probabilistic logicalanalysis Realtimesys- Expert sys- Semantics for and fuzzy oflanguage tems tems.Machine logicprograms logic learning Intuitionistic Quantifiers in Constructive Intuitionistic Horn clause logic logic reasoning and logicisabetter logic is really proof theory logical basis intuitionistic.
DovGabbay King'sCollegeLondon x Logic II IT Natural Program Artificialin- Logic p- language controlspec- telligence gramming processing ification, verification, concurrency Temporal Expressive Expressive Planning. Extension of logic poweroftense power for re- Time depen- Horn clause operators. currentevents. dent data. with time Temporal Specification Eventcalculus. capability. indices. Sepa- of tempo- Persistence Eventcalculus. rationofpast ral control. throughtime- Temporallogic fromfuture Decisionprob- the Frame programming. Problem.Tem- lems. Model checking. poral query language. temporal transactions. Modal logic. generalised Actionlogic Beliefrevision. Negation by Multi-modal quantifiers Inferential failure and logics databases modality Algorithmic Discourse rep- New logics. Generaltheory Proceduralap- proof resentation. Generic theo- of reasoning. proachtologic Direct com- remprovers Non-monotonic putation on systems linguisticinput Non- Resolving Loopchecking. Intrinsiclogical Negation by monotonic ambigui- Non-monotonic discipline for failure.Deduc- reasoning ties. Machine decisionsabout AI. Evolving tivedatabases translation. loops. Faults and com- Document insystems. municating classification.
databases Relevance theory Probabilistic logicalanalysis Realtimesys- Expert sys- Semantics for and fuzzy oflanguage tems tems.Machine logicprograms logic learning Intuitionistic Quantifiers in Constructive Intuitionistic Horn clause logic logic reasoning and logicisabetter logic is really proof theory logical basis intuitionistic.
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"The best starting point for exploring any of the topics in logic"Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Second Edition 2002
Language
English
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Dordrecht
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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XIII, 354 p.
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
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563 gr
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978-94-010-3919-2 (9789401039192)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-0387-2
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The Logic of Questions.- Sequent Systems for Modal Logics.- Deontic Logic.- Deontic Logic and Contrary-to-duties.