Dependence Logic: A New Approach to Independence Friendly Logic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521876599)

Dependence is a common phenomenon, wherever one looks: ecological systems, astronomy, human history, stock markets - but what is the logic of dependence? This book is the first to carry out a systematic logical study of this important concept, giving on the way a precise mathematical treatment of Hintikka's independence friendly logic. Dependence logic adds the concept of dependence to first order logic. Here the syntax and semantics of dependence logic are studied, dependence logic is given an alternative game theoretic semantics, and results about its complexity are proven. This is a graduate textbook suitable for a special course in logic in mathematics, philosophy and computer science departments, and contains over 200 exercises, many of which have a full solution at the end of the book. It is also accessible to readers, with a basic knowledge of logic, interested in new phenomena in logic.

Author: Jouko V蒿n舅en
ISBN-10: 0521876591
ISBN-13: 9780521876599
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2007
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.30w x 0.67d