Modal Logic: An Introduction

By Brian F. Chellas

Book Overview

A textbook on modal logic, intended for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic, containing nearly 500 exercises. Brian F. Chellas provides a systematic introduction to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521295157
• ISBN13: 9780521295154
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to 0th order Modal Logic

Some notation and terminology is outdated, but Chellas' "Introduction to Modal Logic" is still the best choice to start learning modal logic. It covers all remarkable topics in the subject.

An excellent introduction to modal logic

Modal logic is the logic of necessity and possibility. It includes "deontic logic" - the logic of duty (and the logic of the law), plus epistemic logic. Modal logic is a simplified form of the first order predicate logic.The text explains the various axioms of modal logic -- such as "M, C, K, N, P" Other texts include Sally Popkorn (emphasis on semantics), and Hughes & Cresswell (slighly more advanced).