The Logic of Time [electronic resource] : A Model-Theoretic Investigation into the Varieties of Temporal Ontology and Temporal Discourse /

The subject of Time has a wide intellectual appeal across different dis­ ciplines. This has shown in the variety of reactions received from readers of the first edition of the present Book. Many have reacted to issues raised in its philosophical discussions, while some have even solved a number of the open technical questions raised in the logical elaboration of the latter. These results will be recorded below, at a more convenient place. In the seven years after the first publication, there have been some noticeable newer developments in the logical study of Time and temporal expressions. As far as Temporal Logic proper is concerned, it seems fair to say that these amount to an increase in coverage and sophistication, rather than further break-through innovation. In fact, perhaps the most significant sources of new activity have been the applied areas of Linguistics and Computer Science (including Artificial Intelligence), where many intriguing new ideas have appeared presenting further challenges to temporal logic. Now, since this Book has a rather tight composition, it would have been difficult to interpolate this new material without endangering intelligibility.

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Main Authors: Benthem, Johan van. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1991
Subjects:Philosophy., Logic., Artificial intelligence., Mathematical logic., Computational linguistics., Computational Linguistics., Mathematical Logic and Foundations., Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7947-6
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