Modal logic in Europe 1930-1959 Max Cresswell, Jacques Riche

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cresswell, M. J., author.

Riche, Jacques, author.

Series:

Studies in universal logic 2297-0290

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Logic)--History.

Modality (Logic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham Birkhäuser 2026

Summary:

This book explores the birth of modern modal logic, which offers a precise formalism for encoding the concepts of possibility and necessity within the fundamental logical formalism and for using them in conjunction with the preexisting set of logical operators. The editors of this volume have translated six foundational articles from the original German and French, three of which have never appeared in English before, and have provided a meticulous commentary on the texts, aiding the reader in understanding the theory. Furthermore, they introduce each article with a contextualization of the authors' lives and works, further enriching the collection. The original articles are by Oskar Becker, Mordchaj Wajsberg, Robert Feys, Arnould Bayart, and include the reproduction of an extract from Clarence I. Lewis' A Survey of Symbolic Logic. This book will be of interest to scholars and students interested in the historical origins of modal logic, its later developments and extensions and in deepening their knowledge of the conceptual and technical foundations of this crucial area of the field

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. C.I. Lewis 1918

3. Oskar Becker 1930

4. Kurt Gödel and Mordchaj Wajsberg 1933

5. Robert Feys 1937

6. Robert Feys 1950

7. Arnould Bayart's Modal Completeness Theorems

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 11, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Cresswell, Max Modal Logic in Europe

ISBN:

9783032234759

3032234751

OCLC:

1590926438

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