First-Order Modal Logic

by Richard L. Mendelsohn, Melvin Fitting

This is a thorough treatment of first-order modal logic. The book covers such issues as quantification, equality (including a treatment of Frege's morning star/evening star puzzle), the notion of existence, non-rigid constants and function symbols, predicate abstraction, the distinction between nonexistence and nondesignation, and definite descriptions, borrowing from both Fregean and Russellian paradigms.

Genres: Logic, Philosophy

304 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[U.]

Terms designate; objects exist.