David Makinson on Classical Methods for Non-Classical Problems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

The volume analyses and develops David Makinson’s efforts to make classical logic useful outside its most obvious application areas. The book contains chapters that analyse, appraise, or reshape Makinson’s work and chapters that develop themes emerging from his contributions. These are grouped into major areas to which Makinsons has made highly influential contributions and the volume in its entirety is divided into four sections, each devoted to a particular area of logic: belief change, uncertain reasoning, normative systems and the resources of classical logic. Among the contributions included in the volume, one chapter focuses on the “inferential preferential method�, i.e. the combined use of classical logic and mechanisms of preference and choice and provides examples from Makinson’s work in non-monotonic and defeasible reasoning and belief revision. One chapter offers a short autobiography by Makinson which details his discovery of modern logic, his travels across continents and reveals his intellectual encounters and inspirations. The chapter also contains an unusually explicit statement on his views on the (limited but important) role of logic in philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Outstanding Contributions to Logic, 3
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	Sven Ove Hansson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	433
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-9402406634
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	9402406638
Barcode:	9789402406634

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