Overview
- The first book to collect multidisciplinary research on game-theoretic methods in logic, language and philosophy
- Brings forward philosophical aspects of games in relation to logic and language, unlike previous literature
- Aims at a unifying methodological perspective to logics
- Seeks a balanced perspective on philosophical, semantic, epistemological, dialogical, computational and mathematical approaches to game-theoretical methods in logic
Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science (LEUS, volume 15)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ondrej Majer is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. He defended a PhD in logic at the Institute of Philosophy in Prague, and a master's degree in computer science at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague. His scientific interests include logic and games, logic and probability, many valued logics, and epistemic logics.
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen is University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He received a PhD in philosophy in 2002 and a master’s degree in computer science in 1997. He is author of Signs of Logic: Peircean Themes on the Philosophy of Language, Games, and Communication (Springer, 2006), and editor of Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning (Elsevier, 2007). Dr. Pietarinen’s research involves philosophy of logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, game theory, pragmatism, and semiotics.
Tero Tulenheimo works as a researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland. He defended his PhD thesis on independence friendly modal logic in January 2004 in Helsinki. Dr. Tulenheimo is specialized in logic, philosophy of logic, and the interface of games and logic. He has had longer and shorter stays in foreign universities in France (Lille, Nancy), The Netherlands (Amsterdam) and UK (Cambridge).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Games: Unifying Logic, Language, and Philosophy
Editors: Ondrej Majer, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Tero Tulenheimo
Series Title: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9374-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9373-9Published: 09 January 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8115-5Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9374-6Published: 16 January 2009
Series ISSN: 2214-9775
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9783
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 378
Topics: Logic, Philosophy of Language, Applications of Mathematics, Semantics, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages