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Running the Deriver Application in a web browser using CheerpJ

8/10/2026

It has become a challenge to run the legacy Deriver application, which was written in Java Swing, simply because few Users have Java on their computers. Fortunately, Leaning Technologies have devised some technology, CheerpJ, that allow Java Swing applications to run in a web browser. 

 

 

The Tree Applet for Modal Trees

Topic

7/27/08 10 Software

Skills to be acquired in this tutorial:

None really: this is merely to give you a whiff of the topic of trees for modal logic.

Reading

Colin Howson, [1997] Logic with trees Chapter 12 Section 2

The Howson [1997] does not expand on modal logic (and modal trees) so a text like

Rod Girle [2000] Modal Logics and Philosophy

would definitely be a help here.

S4

Topic
Logical System
6/23/12

Reading

Rod Girle [2000] Modal Logics and Philosophy Chapter 3


S4 has the rules

{Non-modal propositional rules + Modal Negation + ◊R + □R+ □T+□□R} 

These are described in Review of S4 Rules.

The extra rule (over T) is the Rule □□R and what it allows you to do it this. Without it (but with the other rules) you could reason from

□F (n)

T

Topic
Logical System

10/7/09 10Software

Reading

Rod Girle [2000] Modal Logics and Philosophy Chapter 3


T has the rules

{Non-modal propositional rules + Modal Negation + ◊R + □R+ □T}

These are described in Review of T Rules.