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    Lawrence Moss

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy / Mathematical Logic

    b. 1957

    Lawrence Moss is an American mathematical logician and philosopher at Indiana University Bloomington, known for his work on coalgebra, non-wellfounded sets, dynamic epistemic logic, and natural logic. His research bridges theoretical computer science, linguistics, and philosophical logic, particularly in modeling belief revision and reasoning in games.

    Notable Achievements

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    Co-developed coalgebraic logic and foundational work on non-wellfounded sets

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    Advanced dynamic epistemic logic and its applications to game theory

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    Pioneered natural logic as a framework for linguistic inference

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    Founded and directed Indiana University's Program in Pure and Applied Logic

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    Extensive contributions to the interface of logic, computer science, and linguistics

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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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    Analytic Philosophy / Mathematical Logic

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