Gabbay Dov. M., Guenthner Franz. Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Volume 16

2nd ed. — Springer, 2013. — 325 p.This book is indispensable to any advanced student or researcher using logic in these areas. The chapters are comprehensive and written by major figures in the field. Topics include, Belief Revision, Refutation Systems in Propositional Logic, Quantifier Scope in Formal Linguistics and Non-deterministic Semantics for Logical Systems.The increased demand for philosophical logic from computer science and artificial intelligence and computational linguistics accelerated the development of the subject directly and indirectly. It directly pushed research forward, stimulated by the needs of applications. New logic areas became established and old areas were enriched and expanded. At the same time, it socially provided employment for generations of logicians residing in computer science, linguistics and electrical engineering departments which of course helped keep the logic community thriving. In addition to that, it so happens (perhaps not by accident) that many of the Handbook contributors became active in these applications areas