This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Deductive inference is usually regarded as being "tautological" or "analytical": the information conveyed by the conclusion is contained in ...

We consider extending the modal logic KD45, commonly taken as the baseline system for belief, with propositional quantifiers that can be used to formalize natural language sentences such as ...

This week we discuss the completeness theorem for the propositional calculus. Details can be found in this handout. You should also read Lemmon Chapter 4 during the next two weeks.

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This ...

Due: Assignment #4 (Lemmon p. 62, #2 (all), #5 (omit i,j,k,l), #7; p. 73, #1 (part one, omit j,k); #3 (part one).) Reading: Lemmon Section 3.3 [Also read Sections 3.1 ...

when thinking about logical agents, we imagine that the agent has a knowledge base (KB for short) that contains logical sentences that describe the state of the world you could think of a KB as a ...

The course will provide students with knowledge of the fundamental parts of formal logic. It will also teach them a range of associated formal techniques with which they can then analyse and assess ...

This course is available on the MSc in Economics and Philosophy, MSc in Philosophy of Science and MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences. This course is available as an outside option to students on ...