Open Problems in Logic and Games
J.F.A.K. van Benthem · 2005
Dov Gabbay is a prolific logician just by himself. But beyond that, he is quite good at making other people investigate the many further things he cares about. As a result, King's College London has become a powerful attractor in our field worldwide. Thus, it is a great pleasure to be an organizer for one of its flagship events: the Augustus de Morgan Workshop of 2005. Benedikt Loewe and I proposed the topic of 'interactive logic ' for this occasion, with an emphasis on social software – the logical analysis and design of social procedures – and on games, arguably the formal interactive setting par excellence. This choice reflects current research interests in our logic community at ILLC Amsterdam and beyond. In this broad area of interfaces between logic, computer science, and game theory, this paper is my own attempt at playing Dov. I am, perhaps not telling, but at least asking other people to find out for me what I myself cannot. A word of historical clarification may help here. The last time the Dutch came up the Thames (in 1667), we messed up the harbour, burnt down a few buildings, and took the English flagship the Royal Charles with us as a souvenir. The Medway Raid was still commemorated as late as 1967 in a joint ceremony. This time, however, our intentions