This book offers the first-ever English translation of Oskar Beckers
Zur Logik der Modalit?ten. This essay, published in 1930, is a pioneering yet often neglected contribution in the context of prewar modal logic research in Europe. Beckers text is complemented by an extended commentary that explains, analyzes and highlights Beckers accomplishments and the philosophical background of his investigations.
The commentary provides an in-depth analysis of all of Becker's important contributions, both from a philosophical and logical perspective, making it a very useful book for scholars in both philosophy and logic.
Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Part I of On the Logic of Modalities.- 3. Part II of On the Logic of Modalities.- 4. Oskar Becker.- 5. Appendix.- References.- Index.
“The book should appeal to a wide audience – both to readers engaged with the technical aspects of modal logic, and to those more interested in its conceptual foundations and philosophical implications. By bridging formal results with broader interpretative insights, it offers something valuable to specialists and generalists alike.” (Xavier Parent, zbMATH 1566.03008, 2025)
Stefania Centrone is currently
Privatdozentin at the University of Hamburg and holds a
Heisenberg-Stelle at the Technical University of Berlin from October 2018. In 2012, she was awarded a DFG-Eigene Stelle for the project Bolzanos und Husserls Weiterentwicklung von Leibnizens Ideen zur Mathesis Universalis at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, where she remained as a research assistant until 30 September 2018. In 2016 she was deputy professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen. She is aul#š
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