The Unprovability of Consistency: An Essay in Modal Logic

by George S. Boolos

Book Overview

The Unprovability of Consistency is concerned with connections between two branches of logic: proof theory and modal logic. Modal logic is the study of the principles that govern the concepts of necessity and possibility; proof theory is, in part, the study of those that govern provability and consistency. In this book, George Boolos looks at the principles of provability from the standpoint of modal logic. In doing so, he provides two perspectives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521092973
• ISBN13: 9780521092975
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"