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- The first-ever English translation of Oskar Becker’s Zur Logik der Modalitäten (1930)
- Provides, through a detailed commentary, an in-depth analysis of Becker’s important contribution
- Explains, analyzes and highlights Becker's pioneering contribution to the Modalities of Logic
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 444)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The commentary provides an in-depth analysis of all of Becker's important contributions, both from a philosophical and logical perspective, making it a very useful book for scholars in both philosophy and logic.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institut für Philosophie, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Stefania Centrone
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Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Pierluigi Minari
About the authors
Pierluigi Minari is professor of Logic at the University of Firenze and guest professor at the Collegio Ghislieri in Pavia. His main research interests include non-classical logics, structural proof theory, theories of operations (combinatory logic and lambda calculus), and the history of logic as well. He is the author of Semantic Investigations on Intermediate Propositional Logics (Bibliopolis 1989) and Introduction to Logic (with A. Cantini, Mondadori Education 2009) and of many research papers in international logic journals, among which are the Journal of Symbolic Logic, Studia Logica, and Archive for Mathematical Logic.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oskar Becker, On the Logic of Modalities (1930): Translation, Commentary and Analysis
Authors: Stefania Centrone, Pierluigi Minari
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87548-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87547-3Published: 12 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87550-3Published: 13 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87548-0Published: 11 April 2022
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Logic, History of Philosophy