Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence

Øhrstrøm, Peter; Hasle, Per

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-12-07

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789048145843

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-585-37463-5

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 416