Why Bother With Syntax?
Joseph Y. Halpern
Discussion led by Andrew K. Hirsch on July 15, 2015
Note: To appear in "Rohit Parikh on Logic, Language and Society" (C. Baskent, L. Moss, and R. Ramanjum, editors)
Abstract:Rohit and I go back a long way. We started talking about Dynamic Logic back when I was a graduate student, when we would meet at seminars at MIT (my advisor Albert Meyer was at MIT, although I was at Harvard, and Rohit was then at Boston University). Right from the beginning I appreciated Rohit’s breadth, his quick insights, his wit, and his welcoming and gracious style. Rohit has been interested in the interplay between logic, philosophy, and language ever since I’ve known him. Over the years, both of us have gotten interested in game theory. I would like to dedicate this short note, which discusses issues at the intersection of all these areas, to him.