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Past, present and future / Arthur Prior.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prior, A. N. (Arthur N.), 1914-1969.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Time.
- Modality (Logic).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1967.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title surveys and extends work that was done in the sixties on 'tense logic' and is a sequel to the author's book, 'Time and Modality'.
- Contents:
- Precursors of tense-logic
- The search for the diodorean modal system
- The topology of time
- Non-standard tense-logics
- The logic of successive world-states
- Metric tense-logics
- Time and determinism
- Time and existence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-168063-X
- 0-19-824311-1
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