Modalities and Logic

DOI

10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

category; modality; necessity; chance; possibility; biology; logic; philosophy

Abstract

This article investigates the category of modality (necessity, chance and possibility) in history of philosophy, biology and logic. We study the first in the history of philosophy understanding of the types of modality of the ancient Greek thinker Democritus; identify the main use of the categories studied in modern natural Sciences for example biology; formalize of the modalities by means of modern logic.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vitaly Ivlev
AU  - Nellie Lepskaya
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - Modalities and Logic
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 79
EP  - 86
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.18
DO  - 10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.18
ID  - Ivlev2017/06
ER  -