Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence

More About This Textbook

Overview
Editorial Reviews
Product Details
Related Subjects
Table of Contents

Overview

Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence deals with the history of temporal logic as well as the crucial systematic questions within the field. The book studies the rich contributions from ancient and medieval philosophy up to the downfall of temporal logic in the Renaissance. The modern rediscovery of the subject, which is especially due to the work of A. N. Prior, is described, leading into a thorough discussion of the use of temporal logic in computer science and the understanding of natural language.
Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence thus interweaves linguistic, philosophical and computational aspects into an informative and inspiring whole.

Editorial Reviews

Booknews

Traces the thinking about the nature and behavior of time through ancient and medieval philosophy to its demise during the Renaissance. Then describes the modern resurrection of temporal logic under the ministrations of A. N. Prior and others, and its applications in computer science and the study of natural languages. Interweaves the linguistic, philosophical, and computational aspects throughout. Assumes a background in formal logic. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780792335863
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 9/30/1995
Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Series , #57
Edition description: 1995
Edition number: 1
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 9.21 (w) x 6.14 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Time and Logic. 1.1. The Sea-Fight Tomorrow. 1.2. The Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus. 1.3. The Study of Tenses in the Middle Ages. 1.4. Temporal Ampliation. 1.5. The Duration of the Present. 1.6. The Logic of Beginning and Ending. 1.7. Time and Consequentia. 1.8. Temporalis — the Logic of 'While'. 1.9. Human Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge. 1.10. The Downfall of Medieval Tense-Logic. 1.11. Logic as a Timeless Science. Part 2: Time and Logic Reunited. 2.1. The 19th Century and Boolean Logic. 2.2. C.S. Peirce on Time and Modality. 2.3. Lukasiewicz's Contribution to Temporal Logic. 2.4. A Three-Point Structure of Tenses. 2.5. A.N. Prior's Tense-Logic. 2.6. The Idea of Branching Time. 2.7. Tense Logic and Special Relativity. 2.8. Some Basic Systems of Temporal Logic. 2.9. Four Grades of Tense-Logical Involvement. 2.10. Metric Tense Logic. Part 3: Modern Issues in Temporal Logic. 3.1. Two Paradigms of Temporal Logic. 3.2. Indeterministic Tense Logic. 3.3. Leibnizian Tense Logic. 3.4. Tense Logic and Counterfactual Reasoning. 3.5. Logic of Durations. 3.6. Graphs for Time and Modality. 3.7. Temporal Logic and Computer Science. 4: Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Some Important Logicians.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review

( 0 )

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Poor

Below Average

Good

Very Good

Exceptional

Review Guidelines

Tell the world what you think of this product.

Add Recommendations

Your Name: Create a Pen Name or Leave Anonymously

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

- HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
- Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
- Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
- Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
- Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
- Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
- Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

- By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
- Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
- See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.

If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble

Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence / Edition 1