Diamond: A Paradox Logic (2nd Edition)

By N. S. Hellerstein

This book is about "diamond", a logic of paradox. In diamond, a statement can be true yet false; an "imaginary" state, midway between being and non-being. Diamond's imaginary values solve many logical paradoxes unsolvable in two-valued Boolean logic. In this volume, paradoxes by Russell, Cantor, Berry and Zeno are all resolved. This book has three sections: Paradox Logic, which covers the classic paradoxes of mathematical logic, shows how they can be resolved in this new system; The Second Paradox, which relates diamond to Boolean logic and the Spencer-Brown "modulator"; and Metamathematical Dilemma, which relates diamond to G delian metamathematics and dilemma games.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981428713X
• ISBN13: 9789814287135
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"