## Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic

### Propositional Logic of Imperfect Information: Foundations and Applications

Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen

#### Abstract

I will show that the semantic structure of a new imperfect-information propositional logic can be described in terms of extensive forms of semantic games. I will discuss some ensuing properties of these games such as imperfect recall, informational consistency, and team playing. Finally, I will suggest a couple of applications that arise in physics, and most notably in quantum theory and quantum logics.

#### Article information

Source
Notre Dame J. Formal Logic Volume 42, Number 4 (2001), 193-210.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 12 September 2003

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ndjfl/1063372242

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1305/ndjfl/1063372242

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2010181

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1034.03035

#### Citation

Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko. Propositional Logic of Imperfect Information: Foundations and Applications. Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 42 (2001), no. 4, 193--210. doi:10.1305/ndjfl/1063372242. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ndjfl/1063372242.

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