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Self-Reference and Modal Logic

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  • © 1985

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  1. C. Smoryński

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 1-62

  3. The Logic of Provability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Provability as Modality

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 63-86

    3. Modal Model Theory

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 87-132

    4. Arithmetic Interpretations of PRL

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 133-165

  4. Multi-Modal Logic and Self-Reference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. Bi-Modal Logics and Their Arithmetic Interpretations

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 167-216

    3. Fixed Point Algebras

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 217-254

  5. Non-Extensional Self-Reference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N5-N5
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    2. Rosser Sentences

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 255-297

    3. An Ubiquitous Fixed Point Calculation

      • C. Smoryński
      Pages 298-329

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 330-333
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About this book

It is Sunday, the 7th of September 1930. The place is Konigsberg and the occasion is a small conference on the foundations of mathematics. Arend Heyting, the foremost disciple of L. E. J. Brouwer, has spoken on intuitionism; Rudolf Carnap of the Vienna Circle has expounded on logicism; Johann (formerly Janos and in a few years to be Johnny) von Neumann has explained Hilbert's proof theory-- the so-called formalism; and Hans Hahn has just propounded his own empiricist views of mathematics. The floor is open for general discussion, in the midst of which Heyting announces his satisfaction with the meeting. For him, the relationship between formalism and intuitionism has been clarified: There need be no war between the intuitionist and the formalist. Once the formalist has successfully completed Hilbert's programme and shown "finitely" that the "idealised" mathematics objected to by Brouwer proves no new "meaningful" statements, even the intuitionist will fondly embrace the infinite. To this euphoric revelation, a shy young man cautions~ "According to the formalist conception one adjoins to the meaningful statements of mathematics transfinite (pseudo-')statements which in themselves have no meaning but only serve to make the system a well-rounded one just as in geometry one achieves a well­ rounded system by the introduction of points at infinity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

    C. Smoryński

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Self-Reference and Modal Logic

  • Authors: C. Smoryński

  • Series Title: Universitext

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8601-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96209-2Published: 23 September 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8601-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-5939

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-6675

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 333

  • Topics: Mathematical Logic and Foundations

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