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Introduction: From Information at Large to Semantics of Logics

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J. Michael Dunn on Information Based Logics

Part of the book series: Outstanding Contributions to Logic ((OCTR,volume 8))

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We take stock of various views and approaches to information, in general. Then we explicate some relationships between logics and information—to provide an explanation (even a justification) for the title of the volume. The multifaceted character of information based logics leads to a bewildering assortment of linkages between the papers in this volume. We highlight touching points between consecutive papers in the rest of the volume.

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    See, for instance, Groenendijk and Stokhof (1991).

  2. 2.

    See for example Gärdenfors and Rott (1995) for a survey.

  3. 3.

    See for example Barwise (1993).

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    Katalin Bimbó

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Bimbó, K. (2016). Introduction: From Information at Large to Semantics of Logics. In: Bimbó, K. (eds) J. Michael Dunn on Information Based Logics. Outstanding Contributions to Logic, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29300-4_1

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