Logic (second level)

The course aims to provide students with an overview of the most important formal systems that have been put forward as extensions of, or alternatives to classical logic. More specifically, students will acquire a basic knowledge of the following topics:
- intuitionistic logic
- informational view of logical consequence
- modal and epistemic logics (S4,S5, epistemic and doxastic logics)
- non-monotonic logics
The acquired knowledge will be fruitfully employed in teaching, and in all activities requiring the usage of a variety of reasoning tools that are more powerful than elementary logic and more suited to the problems under consideration.

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the foundations of non-monotonic reasoning;
- knowledge of the main extensions of, and alternatives to classical logic.
- knowledge of the most recent investigations into the relationship between logic and information.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

At the end of the course students are expected to be able to apply the acquired knowledge in order to:
- read and understand original scientific contributions in the field of logic;
- analyze and solve scientific, philosophical and practical problems that do not admit of natural solutions in terms of standard logic.