Modal Logics And Philosophy

Unlike most modal logic textbooks which are both forbidding mathematically andshort on philosophical discussion Modal Logics and Philosophy places itsemphasis f... » 

Unlike most modal logic textbooks which are both forbidding mathematically andshort on philosophical discussion Modal Logics and Philosophy places itsemphasis firmly on showing how useful modal logic can be as a tool for formalphilosophy metaphysics temporal reasoning epistemics the analysis of actionand processes and ethical reasoning. Moving beyond propositional logic andpredicate logic Rod Girle shows that modal logic offers the power to clearlyarticulate and explore philosophical arguments concerning possibility andnecessity concepts that are essential in our thought and usher in the notionof possible worlds. «