Download or read book Universal Logic: An Anthology written by Jean-Yves Béziau and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers from Paul Hertz to Dov Gabbay - through Tarski, Gödel, Kripke - giving a general perspective about logical systems. These papers discuss questions such as the relativity and nature of logic, present tools such as consequence operators and combinations of logics, prove theorems such as translations between logics, investigate the domain of validity and application of fundamental results such as compactness and completeness. Each of these papers is presented by a specialist explaining its context, import and influence.