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Ancestor Worship in The Logic of Games. How foundational were Aristotle's contributions?

Author

• • John Woods
  • University of British Columbia, University of Lethbridge

Abstract

Notwithstanding their technical virtuosity and growing presence in mainstream thinking, game theoretic logics have attracted a sceptical question: "Granted that logic can be done game theoretically, but what would justify the idea that this is the preferred way to do it?'' A recent suggestion is that at least part of the desired support might be found in the Greek dialectical writings. If so, perhaps we could say that those works possess a kind of foundational significance. The relation of being foundational for is interesting in its own right. In this paper, I explore its ancient applicability to relevant, paraconsistent and nonmonotonic logics, before returning to the question of its ancestral tie, or want of one, to the modern logics of games.

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How to Cite: Woods, J. (2013) “Ancestor Worship in The Logic of Games. How foundational were Aristotle's contributions?”, Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication. 1(2013). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/1944-3676.1076