Vicious Circles (Volume 60) (Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Barwise, Jon; Moss, Lawrence S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575860090 ISBN 13: 9781575860091

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 1996

Synopsis

Circular analyses of philosophical, linguistic, or computational phenomena have been attacked on the assumption that they conflict with mathematical rigour. Barwise and Moss have undertaken to prove this assumption false. This volume is concerned with extending the modelling capabilities of set theory to provide a uniform treatment of circular phenomena. As a means of guiding the reader through the concrete examples of the theory, the authors have included many exercises and solutions: these exercises range in difficulty and ultimately stimulate the reader to come up with new results. Vicious Circles is intended for use by researchers who want to use hypersets; although some experience in mathematics is necessary, the book is accessible to people with widely differing backgrounds and interests.

About this title

About the Author

Lawrence S. Moss is professor of mathematics; director of the Program in Pure and Applied Logic; an adjunct professor of computer science, informatics, linguistics, and philosophy; and a member of the Programs in Cognitive Science and Computational Linguistics, all at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575860090
• ISBN 13: 9781575860091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390