文档介绍：Logic
Language and Reasoning
Essa ys in Honour of Do v Gabba y
edited b y Uw e Reyle and Hans J
urgen Ohlbac h
Preface
th
This v olume is dedicated to Do v Gabba y who celebrated his
birthda y in
Octob er
Do v is one of the most outstanding and most pro ductiv e researc hers
w e ha v eev er met
He has exerted a profound in
uence in ma jor
elds of logic
linguistics puter science
His con tributions in the areas of logic
language
and reasoning are so n umerous that prehensiv esurv ey w ould already
ll half
of this b o ok
Instead of summarizing his w ork w e decided to let him sp eak for
himself
Sitting in a car on the w a y to Amsterdam airp ort he ga v eanin terview to Jelle
Gerbrandy and Anne
Marie Mineur
This recorded con v ersation with him
whic h
is included giv es a deep insigh tin to his motiv ations and in to his view of the w orld
the Almigh t y and
of course
the r
ole of logic
In addition
this v olume con tains a partially annotated bibliograph y of his main
pap ers and b o oks
The length of the bibliograph y and the broadness of the topics
co v ered there sp eaks for itself
The authors of the pap ers in this v olume are
b yfar
not all of his close col
leagues and friends
Therefore this b o ok can only b e the
rst in a series of b o oks
dedicated to him
Most of the articles included build on his w ork and presen t
results or summarize areas where Do v has made ma jor con tributions
The fact
that one cannot a v oid ha ving him as coauthor in his o wn festsc hrift con
rms what
he said in the in terview
I try to w ork in these areas in suc haw a y that when
so oner or later
the e together
lik e on a roundab out
it will b e Gabba
ing from this w a y
Gabba ing from that w a y
Hans J
urgen Ohlbac handUw e Reyle
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Con tributions
Do v Gabba y
I am a logic
Researc h Themes of Do v Gabba y
Pro ofs
Lab els and Dynamics in Natural Language
Johan v an