Inferences with ignorance: logics of questions. Inferential erotetic logic & erotetic epistemic logic

0458527 - FLÚ 2017 RIV CZ eng B - Monography
Peliš, Michal
Inferences with ignorance: logics of questions. Inferential erotetic logic & erotetic epistemic logic.
Prague: Karolinum Press, 2016. 110 s. ISBN 978-80-246-3181-3
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : epistemic logic * erotetic logic * logic of questions * public announcement
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

The book focuses on two formal logic systems that employ the type of inferences in which questions are used in addition to statements. Not merely capturing questions as part of a logical apparatus, the author also emphasizes the role of question-asking in communication. The book presents options for formalizing questions using sets of 'direct answers,' demonstrates where questions are used in inferences, and explores asking questions and seeking answers as important components of everyday communication, proposing ways of using questions within a formal system that can capture a change in knowledge during this simple communication.
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