modal logic

formal logic able to express concepts such as necessity, possibility, provability, obligation, knowledge etc.
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modal logic

Summary

modal logic is a mathematical theory[1]. It draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_theory category, ranking #3 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • modal logic was influenced by propositional calculus[3].
  • modal logic was influenced by predicate logic[4].
  • modal logic's instance of is recorded as mathematical theory[5].
  • modal logic's GND ID is recorded as 4074914-9[6].
  • modal logic's subclass of is recorded as logical system[7].
  • modal logic's subclass of is recorded as Intensional logic[8].
  • modal logic's part of is recorded as logic[9].
  • modal logic's part of is recorded as mathematical logic[10].
  • modal logic's Commons category is recorded as Modal logic[11].
  • modal logic's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 12077[12].
  • modal logic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x5k5[13].
  • modal logic's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph137160[14].
  • modal logic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Modal logic[15].
  • modal logic's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX533464[16].
  • modal logic's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 160.11984[17].
  • modal logic's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 511.314[18].
  • modal logic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • modal logic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[20].
  • modal logic's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/modal-logic[21].
  • modal logic's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/modal-logic[22].
  • modal logic's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://proofassistants.stackexchange.com/tags/modal-logic[23].
  • modal logic's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as logic-modal[24].
  • modal logic's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as logic-modal-origins[25].
  • modal logic's NE.se ID is recorded as modallogik[26].
  • modal logic's PhilPapers topic is recorded as modal-logic[27].

Why It Matters

modal logic draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_theory category, ranking #3 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Spain open data portal. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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