On the Expression of Temporal Relations and Properties of Time in the Language of the System of G. H. von Wright’s Temporal Logic Cover Image

O wyrażalności niektórych relacji czasowych i własności czasu w języku systemów logiki temporalnej G. H. von Wrighta
On the Expression of Temporal Relations and Properties of Time in the Language of the System of G. H. von Wright’s Temporal Logic

Author(s): Anna Kozanecka-Dymek, Magdalena Leszczyńska
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: time; temporal properties; temporal relations; temporal logic; And Next; And Then; expression; adequacy; application; czas; własności czasowe; relacje czasowe; logika temporalna; wyrażalność; adekwatność; zastosowanie

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the problems of the expression of some temporal relations and properties of time in the language of the systems of G.H. von Wright’s temporal logic. It seeks to answer the question whether the systems of von Wright’s temporal logic are adequate to express by means of axioms (and theorems) some temporal relations and properties of physical time. What follows, whether they be applied in the natural sciences, mainly in physics. The first part of the paper gives a definition of physical time and briefly discusses its most important properties and temporal relations. The second part of the paper shows a syntactic characterisation of the And Next and And Then systems constructed by von Wright. The third part, the last part of the paper, seeks to answer the above question about the expression of some temporal relations and properties of time in the language of the systems of von Wright’s temporal logic, and how they can be applied in the natural sciences, mainly in physics.

  • Issue Year: 55/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-65
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish