Author: Dov M. Gabbay

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Dov Gabbay is the (Emeritus) Augustus de Morgan Professor of Logic at King’s College London, an invited professor at the Université de Luxembourg, a professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and a professor of theoretical computer Science at Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. He is Editor-in-chief of several international journals and handbooks, among them the Handbook of Philosophical Logic. His research interests include logic and computation, proof theory and goal-directed theorem proving, nonclassical logics and nonmonotonic reasoning, labeled deductive systems, fibring logics, and reactive systems. His most recent books include Conditionals and Modularity in General Logics (Springer 2011) and Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems (Springer 2009). Karl Schlechta is a retired professor of computer science at Aix-Marseille University in France, and a member of the Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille. He works on nonmonotonic logics, theory revision, and related subjects, his main interest being the semantical side of these logics and in particular preferential structures and accompanying representation theorems. His books include Coherent Systems (Elsevier 2004), Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems (Springer 2009), and Conditionals and Modularity in General Logics (Springer 2011). 




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Dov M. Gabbay & Sergei S. Goncharov: Mathematical Problems from Applied Logic I
Mathematical Problems from Applied Logic I presents chapters from selected, world renowned, logicians. Important topics of logic are discussed from the point of view of their further development in l …
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Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
theywereextensivelydiscussedbyallauthorsina3-day Handbookmeeting. These are: • a chapter on non-monotonic logic • a chapter on combinatory logic and ?-calculus We felt at the time (1979) that non-mon …
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Walter Carnielli & Marcelo Coniglio: Analysis and Synthesis of Logics
Starting with simple examples showing the relevance of cutting and pasting logics, the monograph develops a mathematical theory of combining and decomposing logics, ranging from propositional and fir …
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€149.79
George Metcalfe & Nicola Olivetti: Proof Theory for Fuzzy Logics
Fuzzy logics are many-valued logics that are well suited to reasoning in the context of vagueness. They provide the basis for the wider field of Fuzzy Logic, encompassing diverse areas such as fuzzy …
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€117.69
Dov M. Gabbay & Karl Schlechta: A New Perspective on Nonmonotonic Logics
In this book the authors present new results on interpolation for nonmonotonic logics, abstract (function) independence, the Talmudic Kal Vachomer rule, and an equational solution of contrary-to-duty …
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€96.29
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
This eighteenth volume of the acclaimed Handbook of Philosophical Logic includes many contributors who are among the most famous leading figures of applied philosophical logic of our time. Coverage i …
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€96.29
Dov M. Gabbay & Karl Schlechta: Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems
Agents act on the basis of their beliefs and these beliefs change as they interact with other agents. In this book the authors propose and explain general logical tools for handling change. These too …
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€149.79
Dov M. Gabbay & Odinaldo T. Rodrigues: Revision, Acceptability and Context
An important aspect in the formalisation of common-sense reasoning is the construction of a model of what an agent believes the world to be like to help in her reasoning process. This model is often …
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€149.79
Dov M. Gabbay & Karl Schlechta: Conditionals and Modularity in General Logics
This text centers around three main subjects. The first is the concept of modularity and independence in classical logic and nonmonotonic and other nonclassical logic, and the consequences on syntact …
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€96.29
Dov M. Gabbay: Reactive Kripke Semantics
This text offers an extension to the traditional Kripke semantics for non-classical logics by adding the notion of reactivity. Reactive Kripke models change their accessibility relation as we progres …
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€96.29
Dov M. Gabbay & Patrice Canivez: Approaches to Legal Rationality
Legal theory, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence: there are many approaches to legal argumentation. Each of them provides specific insights into highly complex …
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€171.19
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
Belief Revision Refutation and systems in Propositional Logic. A Quantifier Scope in Formal Linguistics and Non-deterministic Semantics for Logical Systems. …
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€149.79
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
Lambda Calculi: A Guide Interpolation and Definability Discourse Representation Theory Das E-Book Handbook of Philosophical Logic wird angeboten von Springer Netherlands und wurde mit folgenden Begri …
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€149.79
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
This second edition of the Handbook of Philosophical Logic reflects great changes in the landscape of philosophical logic since the first edition. It gives readers an idea of that landscape and its r …
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€96.29
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems
The present work is a continuation of the authors’ acclaimed multi-volume APractical Logic of Cognitive Systems. After having investigated the notion ofrelevance in their previous volume, Gabbay and …
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€180.16
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century
Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century is an indispensable research tool for anyone interested in the development of logic, including researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate student …
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€225.19
Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, lingui …
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€153.66
Philosophy of Logic
The papers presented in this volume examine topics of central interest in contemporary philosophy of logic. They include reflections on the nature of logic and its relevance for philosophy today, and …
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€224.98
Philosophy of Anthropology and Sociology
This volume concerns philosophical issues that arise from the practice of anthropology and sociology. The essays cover a wide range of issues, including traditional questions in the philosophy of soc …
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€211.84
Philosophy of Physics
The ambition of this volume is twofold: to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and to serve as an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to work in it. For example, any philosoph …
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€218.31
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field. It is concerned with explanatory concepts in evolution, genetics, and ecology. This collection of 25 essays by leading researchers provides an over …
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€154.10
Agenda Relevance: A Study in Formal Pragmatics
Agenda Relevance is the first volume in the authors’ omnibus investigation ofthe logic of practical reasoning, under the collective title, A Practical Logicof Cognitive Systems. In this highly origin …
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€165.19
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic
Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic marks the initial appearance of the multi-volume Handbook of the History of Logic. Additional volumes will be published when ready, rather than in strict chronological …
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€186.21
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Rise of Modern Logic: from Leibniz to Frege
With the publication of the present volume, the Handbook of the History of Logic turns its attention to the rise of modern logic. The period covered is 1685-1900, with this volume carving out the ter …
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€224.04
Dov M. Gabbay & R.H. Johnson: Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference
The Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference is an authoritative reference work in a single volume, designed for the attention of senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in al …
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€122.13
Michael David Fisher & Dov M. Gabbay: Handbook of Temporal Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence
This collection represents the primary reference work for researchers and students in the area of Temporal Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence. Temporal reasoning has a vital role to play in many ar …
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€204.79
Dov M. Gabbay & A. Kurucz: Many-Dimensional Modal Logics: Theory and Applications
Modal logics, originally conceived in philosophy, have recently found many applications in computer science, artificial intelligence, the foundations of mathematics, linguistics and other disciplines …
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€178.65
General Philosophy of Science: Focal Issues
Scientists use concepts and principles that are partly specific for their subject matter, but they also share part of them with colleagues working in different fields. Compare the biological notion o …
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€160.80
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Many Valued and Nonmonotonic Turn in Logic
The present volume of the Handbook of the History of Logic brings together two of the most important developments in 20th century non-classical logic. These are many-valuedness and non-monotonicity. …
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€224.36
Kurt Engesser & Dov M. Gabbay: Handbook of Quantum Logic and Quantum Structures
Since its inception in the famous 1936 paper by Birkhoff and von Neumann entitled "The logic of quantum mechanics quantum logic, i.e. the logical investigation of quantum mechanics, has undergon …
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€210.38
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: British Logic in the Nineteenth Century
The present volume of the Handbook of the History of Logic is designed to establish 19th century Britain as a substantial force in logic, developing new ideas, some of which would be overtaken by, an …
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€211.87
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic
Starting at the very beginning with Aristotle’s founding contributions, logic has been graced by several periods in which the subject has flourished, attaining standards of rigour and conceptual soph …
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€212.30
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Logic from Russell to Church
This volume is number five in the 11-volume Handbook of the History of Logic. It covers the first 50 years of the development of mathematical logic in the 20th century, and concentrates on the achiev …
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€218.69
Philosophy of Mathematics
One of the most striking features of mathematics is the fact that we are much more certain about the mathematical knowledge we have than about what mathematical knowledge is knowledge of. Are numbers …
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€160.49
Sets and Extensions in the Twentieth Century
Set theory is an autonomous and sophisticated field of mathematics that is extremely successful at analyzing mathematical propositions and gauging their consistency strength. It is as a field of math …
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€212.30
Dov M. Gabbay & Jorg H. Siekmann: Computational Logic
Handbook of the History of Logic brings to the development of logic the best in modern techniques of historical and interpretative scholarship. Computational logic was born in the twentieth century a …
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€212.68
Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences
The Handbook Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences addresses numerous issues in the emerging field of the philosophy of those sciences that are involved in the technological process of de …
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€160.05
Philosophy of Ecology
The most pressing problems facing humanity today – over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of warfare that could …
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€166.59
Philosophy of Chemistry
Philosophy of Chemistry investigates the foundational concepts and methods of chemistry, the science of the nature of substances and their transformations. This groundbreaking collection, the most th …
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€166.95
Philosophy of Economics
Part of the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series edited by:Dov M. Gabbay King’s College, London, UK;Paul Thagard University of Waterloo, Canada; and John Woods University of British Columbia, …
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€180.59
Philosophy of Information
Information is a recognized fundamental notion across the sciences and humanities, which is crucial to understanding physical computation, communication, and human cognition. The Philosophy of Inform …
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€179.25
Philosophy of Linguistics
Philosophy of Linguistics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of linguistics, the scientific study of human language. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the …
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€179.23
Philosophy of Medicine
This volume covers a wide range of conceptual, epistemological and methodological issues in the philosophy of science raised by reflection upon medical science and practice. Several chapters examine …
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€164.76
Philosophy of Statistics
Statisticians and philosophers of science have many common interests but restricted communication with each other. This volume aims to remedy these shortcomings. It provides state-of-the-art research …
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€179.42
Dov M. Gabbay & Valentin Shehtman: Quantification in Nonclassical Logic
Quantification and modalities have always been topics of great interest for logicians. These two themes emerged from philosophy andlanguage in ancient times; they were studied by traditional informal …
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€179.66
Philosophy of Complex Systems
The domain of nonlinear dynamical systems and its mathematical underpinnings has been developing exponentially for a century, the last 35 years seeing an outpouring of new ideas and applications and …
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€166.95
Kurt Engesser & Dov M. Gabbay: Handbook of Quantum Logic and Quantum Structures
Quantum mechanics is said to be the most successful physical theory ever. It is, in fact, unique in its success when applied to concrete physical problems. On the other hand, however, it raises profo …
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€177.89
Dov M. Gabbay & John Woods: Inductive Logic
Inductive Logic is number ten in the 11-volume Handbook of the History of Logic. While there are many examples were a science split from philosophy and became autonomous (such as physics with Newton …
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€216.01
Dov M. Gabbay & Francis Jeffry Pelletier: Logic: A History of its Central Concepts
The Handbook of the History of Logic is a multi-volume research instrument that brings to the development of logic the best in modern techniques of historical and interpretative scholarship. It is th …
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€206.51
Dov M. Gabbay & Shahid Rahman: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
The aim of the series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, of which this is the first volume, is to take up anew the challenge of considering the scientific enterprise in its entirety in li …
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€230.51
Krysia B. Broda & Dov M. Gabbay: Neural-Symbolic Learning Systems
Artificial Intelligence is concerned with producing devices that help or replace human beings in their daily activities. Neural-symbolic learning systems play a central role in this task by combining …
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€165.39
Dov M. Gabbay & Artur S. D’Avila Garcez: Neural-Symbolic Cognitive Reasoning
Humans are often extraordinary at performing practical reasoning. There are cases where the human computer, slow as it is, is faster than any artificial intelligence system. Are we faster because of …
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€77.04
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
conceptual, realist) theories of predication. Chapter IV.4 centers on an important class of expressions used for predication in connection with quantities: mass expressions. This chapter reviews the …
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€57.76
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
This volume presents a number of systems of logic which can be considered as alternatives to classical logic. The notion of what counts as an alternative is a somewhat problematic one. There are extr …
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€58.12
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
The chapters in the present volume go beyond ‘classical’ extensional logic with respect to one important factor: they all include among the semantic constituents representations of so-called ‘possibl …
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€140.89
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
The aim of the first volume of the present Handbook of Philosophical Logic is essentially two-fold: First of all, the chapters in this volume should provide a concise overview of the main parts of cl …
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€57.76
Dov M. Gabbay: Investigations in Modal and Tense Logics with Applications to Problems in Philosophy and Linguistics
This book is intended to serve as an advanced text and reference work on modal logic, a subject of growing importance which has applications to philosophy and linguistics. Although it is based mainly …
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€165.39
David Basin & M. D’Agostino: Labelled Deduction
Labelled deduction is an approach to providing frameworks for presenting and using different logics in a uniform and natural way by enriching the language of a logic with additional information of a …
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€115.20
Dov M. Gabbay & Philippe Smets: Belief Change
Belief change is an emerging field of artificial intelligence and information science dedicated to the dynamics of information and the present book provides a state-of-the-art picture of its formal f …
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€230.44
Dov M. Gabbay & Heinrich Wansing: What is Negation?
The notion of negation is one of the central logical notions. It has been studied since antiquity and has been subjected to thorough investigations in the development of philosophical logic, linguist …
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€230.91
Howard Barringer & Michael Fisher: Advances in Temporal Logic
Time is a fascinating subject and has long since captured mankind’s imagination, from the ancients to modern man, both adult and child alike. It has been studied across a wide range of disciplines, f …
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€166.64
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.29
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.30
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.48
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.30
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.59
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
such questions for centuries (unrestricted by the capabilities of any hard- ware). The principles governing the interaction of several processes, for example, are abstract an similar to principles go …
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€205.17
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.30
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€166.02
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€231.38
Dov M. Gabbay & N. Olivetti: Goal-Directed Proof Theory
Goal Directed Proof Theory presents a uniform and coherent methodology for automated deduction in non-classical logics, the relevance of which to computer science is now widely acknowledged. The meth …
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€114.61
Dov M. Gabbay & Philippe Smets: Abductive Reasoning and Learning
This book contains leading survey papers on the various aspects of Abduction, both logical and numerical approaches. Abduction is central to all areas of applied reasoning, including artificial intel …
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€231.05
Dov M. Gabbay & Philippe Smets: Quantified Representation of Uncertainty and Imprecision
We are happy to present the first volume of the Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems. Uncertainty pervades the real world and must therefore be addressed by every syste …
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€318.65
Dov M. Gabbay & Philippe Smets: Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems
Reasoning under uncertainty is always based on a specified language or for- malism, including its particular syntax and semantics, but also on its associated inference mechanism. In the present volum …
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€230.35
Dov M. Gabbay & Philippe Smets: Reasoning with Actual and Potential Contradictions
We are happy to present the second volume of the Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems. Uncertainty pervades the real world and must therefore be addressed by every syst …
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€167.31
M. D’Agostino & Dov M. Gabbay: Handbook of Tableau Methods
Recent years have been blessed with an abundance of logical systems, arising from a multitude of applications. A logic can be characterised in many different ways. Traditionally, a logic is presented …
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€230.51
Dov M. Gabbay: Semantical Investigations in Heyting’s Intuitionistic Logic
From the point of view of non-classical logics, Heyting’s implication is the smallest implication for which the deduction theorem holds. This book studies properties of logical systems having some of …
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€165.25
Dov M. Gabbay & Franz Guenthner: Handbook of Philosophical Logic
It is with great pleasure that we are presenting to the community the second edition of this extraordinary handbook. It has been over 15 years since the publication of the first edition and there hav …
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€165.11
Anjolina G De Oliveira & Dov M Gabbay: Functional Interpretation Of Logical Deduction, The
This comprehensive book provides an adequate framework to establish various calculi of logical inference. Being an âenrichedâ system of natural deduction, it helps to formulate logical calculi in an …
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€164.99