Logical Dynamics of Information and Interaction

Informationen zum Autor Johan van Benthem is University Professor of Logic at the University of Amsterdam, Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, and Weilun Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is the author of Language in Action (1991) and Exploring Logical Dynamics (1996) and an editor of the Handbook of Modal Logic (2006), the Handbook of Spatial Logics (2007) and Philosophy of Information (2008). Klappentext This book presents logic as a way to identify all information processes that drive human action. Zusammenfassung This book develops a view of logic as a theory of information-driven agency and intelligent interaction between many agents - with conversation! argumentation and games as guiding examples. It will interest students and scholars in a wide variety of subject areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Logical dynamics, agency, and intelligent interaction; 2. Epistemic logic and semantic information; 3. Dynamic logic of public observation; 4. Multi-agent dynamic-epistemic logic; 5. Dynamics of inference and awareness; 6. Questions and issue management; 7. Soft information, correction, and belief change; 8. An encounter with probability; 9. Preference statics and dynamics; 10. Decisions, actions, and games; 11. Processes over time; 12. Epistemic group structure and collective agency; 13. Logical dynamics in philosophy; 14. Computation as conversation; 15. Rational dynamics in game theory; 16. Meeting cognitive realities; 17. Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Johan van Benthem, Johan van Benthem
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2011
• EAN: 9780521765794
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76579-4
• No. of pages: 386
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Basic principles; Artificial Intelligence, COMPUTERS / Computer Science, MATHEMATICS / Logic, computer science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Philosophy: logic, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General