PHIL 445 - Modal Logic

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Domotor. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 005. Semi-formal examination of basic modalities and conditionals, including the varieties of necessity, possibility, counterfactuals, and causality. Special emphasis on applications to ontological proofs, deontic paradoxes, beliefs, and laws. Critical analysis of possible world and belief state semantics.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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