INTRODUCTION TO MODAL LOGIC 2011
(Autumn 2011, ILLC, University of Amsterdam)
Instructor
ALEXANDRU BALTAG
Objectives of Course
To learn to understand the basic techniques of modal logic and its most important applications.
Contents
The course covers the basic notions of modal logic: syntax, relational semantics, models and frames, bisimulations, model theoretic and frame theoretic constructions, completeness. More advanced topics include expressive power and intelligent agency.
Recommended prior knowledge
Knowledge of first order logic (syntax and semantics) and elementary mathematical knowledge and skills.
Registration at
Registration via Studieweb before 8 August 2011 is mandatory.
Format
Lectures and exercise classes.
Study materials
The main textbook, to be referred as BRV, is
Patrick Blackburn, Maarten de Rijke and Yde Venema, Modal Logic, Cambridge University Press, 2002
In addition, I may sometimes use material, referred to as JVB, from
Johan Van Benthem, Modal Logic for Open Minds, CSLI Publications, Stanford, 2010.