Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Bringing together over twenty years of research, this book gives a complete overview of independence-friendly logic. It emphasizes the game-theoretical approach to logic, according to which logical concepts such as truth and falsity are best understood via the notion of semantic games. The book pushes the paradigm of game-theoretical semantics further than the current literature by showing how mixed strategies and equilibria can be used to analyze independence-friendly formulas on finite models. The book is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have taken a course on first-order logic. It contains a primer of the necessary background in game theory, numerous examples and full proofs.
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Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Bringing together over twenty years of research, this book gives a complete overview of independence-friendly logic. It emphasizes the game-theoretical approach to logic, according to which logical concepts such as truth and falsity are best understood via the notion of semantic games. The book pushes the paradigm of game-theoretical semantics further than the current literature by showing how mixed strategies and equilibria can be used to analyze independence-friendly formulas on finite models. The book is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have taken a course on first-order logic. It contains a primer of the necessary background in game theory, numerous examples and full proofs.
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Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Independence-Friendly Logic: A Game-Theoretic Approach

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Bringing together over twenty years of research, this book gives a complete overview of independence-friendly logic. It emphasizes the game-theoretical approach to logic, according to which logical concepts such as truth and falsity are best understood via the notion of semantic games. The book pushes the paradigm of game-theoretical semantics further than the current literature by showing how mixed strategies and equilibria can be used to analyze independence-friendly formulas on finite models. The book is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have taken a course on first-order logic. It contains a primer of the necessary background in game theory, numerous examples and full proofs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521149341
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 05/05/2011
Series: London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series , #386
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Allen L. Mann is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Gabriel Sandu is a Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Merlijn Sevenster is a Senior Researcher in Healthcare Information Management at Philips Research, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Game theory; 3. First-order logic; 4. Independence-friendly (IF) logic; 5. Properties of IF logic; 6. Expressive power of IF logic; 7. Probabilistic IF logic; 8. Further topics; References; Index.
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