Prior’s paradigm for the study of time and its methodological motivation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10814017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Per Hasle (0000-0002-2622-2547, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Peter Øhrstrøm (0000-0001-9432-7618, Aalborg University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 193 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 3401-3416 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Synthese (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11229-016-1161-6 |
| OpenAlex | W2509357046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
A. N. Prior’s writings should obviously be studied already for historical reasons. His inventions of modern temporal logic and hybrid logic are clearly important events in the history of logic. But the enduring importance of studying his works also rests on his methodological approach, which remains highly relevant also for systematical reasons. In this paper we argue that Prior’s formulation in the 1950s of a tense-logical paradigm for the study of time should be understood in the light of at least three other principles or perspectives which were manifest already in his studies during the 1940s and further developed in the 1950s: (1) his emphasis on the value of interdisciplinary studies, (2) his reflections on formalisation and (3) his view of the role of symbolic logic in conceptual studies and in the philosophy of science. Our investigation into Prior’s basic tenets and principles makes extensive use of Prior’s Nachlass. It is thereby also exemplified how his correspondence and unpublished papers contain important information for a deeper understanding of Prior’s paradigm for the study of time
Cognitive science · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · History and Philosophy of Science · History and Theory of Mathematics · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
What is Logic?
Past, Present and Future
I.—the Unreality of Time
A letter on the present state of affairs
Prior’s defence of Hintikka’s theorem. A discussion of Prior’s ‘The logic of obligation and the obligations of the logician’
The logic of obligation and the obligations of the logician
The problem of predestination
Branching time, indeterminism and tense logic
Faith, unbelief and evil
Logic and Reality
Is Necessary Existence Possible
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |