Screen LibraryRohit Parikh on Logic, Language and Society /
This book discusses major milestones in Rohit Jivanlal Parikh s scholarly work. Highlighting the transition in Parikh s interest from formal languages to natural languages, and how he approached Wittgenstein s philosophy of language, it traces the academic trajectory of a brilliant scholar whose wor...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Outstanding Contributions to Logic,
11 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47843-2 |
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This book discusses major milestones in Rohit Jivanlal Parikh s scholarly work. Highlighting the transition in Parikh s interest from formal languages to natural languages, and how he approached Wittgenstein s philosophy of language, it traces the academic trajectory of a brilliant scholar whose work opened up various new avenues in research. This volume is part of Springer s book series Outstanding Contributions to Logic, and honours Rohit Parikh and his works in many ways. Parikh is a leader in the realm of ideas, offering concepts and definitions that enrich the field and lead to new rese |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XIV, 359 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319478432 |
| Index Number: | BC1 |
| CLC: | B81 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Editors Preface -- Chapter 2. Juliet Floyd: Parikh and Wittgenstein -- Chapter 3. Prashant Parikh: Vagueness, Communication and the Sorites Paradox -- Chapter 4. Robert van Rooij: Nonmonotonicity and Knowability: As knowable as possible -- Chapter 5. Jan van Eijck and Philip Elsas: What is Money? -- Chapter 6. Dominik Klein and Eric Pacuit: Focusing on Campaigns -- Chapter 7. Can Ba kent: A Non-classical Logical Approach to Social Software -- Chapter 8. Joseph Halpern: Why Bother with Syntax? -- Chapter 9. Johan van Benthem: Talking about Knowledge -- Chapter 10. Maduka Attamah, H |