| New Essays in Free Logic: In Honour of Karel Lambert 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Morscher, E. (Editor), Hieke, A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402002165 ISBN-13: 9781402002168 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: This volume contains a collection of recent papers on Free Logic which cover a wide range of topics. These topics show that Free Logic is applied not only in traditional philosophical areas, but also in various contexts of modern formal logic as well as in the discussion of theoretical aspects of programming. Part I of the book covers theories of names and definite descriptions. Part II contains papers on various topics in the logic of modalities. Part III is devoted to semantics and programming. In part IV Free Logic is used to analyse and discuss topics from the history of philosophy. In addition, one of the founders of Free Logic, Karel Lambert, not only contributes an article to this volume, but he also comments the papers of all the other authors. So this book will be of interest not only to philosophers and logicians, but also to computer scientists and researchers interested in foundational aspects of computer programming. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 160 |
| LCCN: 2001050598 |
| Series: Applied Logic |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.38" W x 9.72" (1.22 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Free logic - i.e., logic free of existential presuppositions in general and with respect to singular terms in particular- began to come into its own as a field of research in the 1950s. As is the case with so many developments in Western philosophy, its roots can be traced back to ancient Greek philo- sophy. It is only during the last fifty years, however, that it has become well established as a branch of modern logic. The name of Karel Lambert is most closely connected with this development: he gave it its name and its profile as a well defined field of research. After a development of fifty years, it is time to look back and take stock while at the same time scanning for new perspectives. This is the purpose of the papers collected in this volume. The first paper is written by Karel Lambert himself who also comments on all the papers of the other authors. In an introductory essay we give a survey of the present status of and new directions in free logic. |