Conclusion
Gabbay has gathered an enormous amount of results; some of them important and novel, others important but already known, many rather routine, however. The organization of this material shows grave defects, both in the exposition and in its logical structure. Intensional logic appears as a vast collection of (often duplicated) loosely connected results. This may be a true reflection of the present state of the subject, but it does not contribute to a better understanding of it, let alone advance it.
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van Benthem, J.F.A.K. Critical notice. Synthese 40, 353–373 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485684
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