Impossible Worlds and Logical Omniscience: A Note on MacPherson’s Logic of Belief

Ahti Pietarinen*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Working paper

Abstract

MacPherson (MacPherson, 1993) argues that the impossible worlds semantics does not provide a plausible framework for dealing with the problem of logical omniscience for epistemic logic, since it amounts to equivocation of logical connectives. It is shown, however, that MacPherson’s own logic of belief, put forward to avoid logical omniscience, can nevertheless be embedded and interpreted in the impossible worlds semantics.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherUniversity of Sussex
Pages8-13
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1998

Publication series

NameThe tenth White House papers: Graduate research in the cognitive and computing sciences at Sussex
NameCognitive Science Research Papers (CSRP)
Volume478
ISSN (Print)1350-3162

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