The genesis of possible worlds semantics

DOI10.1023/A:1015273407895zbMath1006.03003MaRDI QIDQ1610613

B. Jack Copeland

Publication date: 20 August 2002

Published in: Journal of Philosophical Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

modal logic; possible worlds semantics; history of logic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

03B45: Modal logic (including the logic of norms)

03-03: History of mathematical logic and foundations

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