Modal logic, an extension of classical logic, investigates the modes of truth such as necessity and possibility. Its development has been closely intertwined with advances in proof theory, a field ...

MIT Press recently published Fundamental Proof Methods in Computer Science, a book by Konstantine Arkoudas and David Musser, a professor emeritus of computer science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of Symbolic Logic (JSL) was founded in 1936 and it has become the leading research journal in the field. It is issued ...

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...