ISBN:
9780585374635
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 413 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy 57
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Logic
;
Science Philosophy
;
Computer science
;
Logic.
;
Computer science.
;
Linguistics.
;
Science—Philosophy.
Abstract:
Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence deals with the history of temporal logic as well as the crucial systematic questions within the field. The book studies the rich contributions from ancient and medieval philosophy up to the downfall of temporal logic in the Renaissance. The modern rediscovery of the subject, which is especially due to the work of A. N. Prior, is described, leading into a thorough discussion of the use of temporal logic in computer science and the understanding of natural language. Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence thus interweaves linguistic, philosophical and computational aspects into an informative and inspiring whole
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-585-37463-5
