Encoding many-valued logic in $\lambda$-calculus
Logic in Computer Science
2023-06-22 v6
Abstract
We will extend the well-known Church encoding of Boolean logic into -calculus to an encoding of McCarthy's -valued logic into a suitable infinitary extension of -calculus that identifies all unsolvables by , where is a fresh constant. This encoding refines to -valued logic for . Such encodings also exist for Church's original -calculus. By way of motivation we consider Russell's paradox, exploiting the fact that the same encoding allows us also to calculate truth values of infinite closed propositions in this infinitary setting.
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@article{arxiv.1810.07667,
title = {Encoding many-valued logic in $\lambda$-calculus},
author = {Fer-Jan de Vries},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.07667},
year = {2023}
}