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Modal Logic: An Introduction
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A textbook on modal logic, intended for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic, containing nearly 500 exercises. Brian F. Chellas provides a systematic introduction to the principal ideas and results in contemporary treatments of modality, including theorems on completeness and decidability. Illustrative chapters focus on deontic logic and conditionality. Modality is a rapidly expanding branch of logic, and familiarity with the subject is now regarded as a necessary part of every philosopher's technical equipment. Chellas here offers an up-to-date and reliable guide essential for the student.
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- Authors
- Chellas, B. F.
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1980-02-29
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- W4242309855
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- en
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