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    Belnap & Perloff

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1930

    Nuel Belnap and Michael Perloff are contemporary analytic philosophers known for their collaborative work in philosophical logic, particularly the development of stit (seeing-to-it-that) theory. Their research formalizes agency, action, and deliberation within branching-time frameworks, bridging modal logic and the philosophy of action.

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    Co-developed stit (seeing-to-it-that) theory of agency

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    Formalized agentive modalities within branching-time logic

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    Co-authored 'Facing the Future: Agents and Choices in Our Indeterminist World'

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    Advanced philosophical logic of action and deliberation

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    Contributed to formal theories of ability and refraining

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    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

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    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

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