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Essay on modality across different logics

Logic 2022-03-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we deal with the problem of putting together modal worlds that operate in different logic systems. When evaluating a modal sentence φ\Box \varphi, we argue that it is not sufficient to inspect the truth of φ\varphi in accessed worlds (possibly in different logics). Instead, ways of transferring more subtle semantic information between logical systems must be established. Thus, we will introduce modal structures that accommodate communication between logic systems by fixing a common lattice LL where different logics build their semantics. The semantics of each logic being considered in the modal structure is a sublattice of LL. In this system, necessity and possibility of a statement should not solely rely on the satisfaction relation in each world and the accessibility relation. The value of a formula φ\Box \varphi will be defined in terms of a comparison between the values of φ\varphi in accessible worlds and the common lattice LL. We will investigate natural instances where formulas φ\varphi can be said to be necessary//possible even though all accessible world falsify φ\varphi. Finally, we will discuss frames that characterize dynamic relations between logic systems: classically increasing, classically decreasing and dialectic frames.

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@article{arxiv.2203.00673,
  title  = {Essay on modality across different logics},
  author = {Alfredo Roque Freire and Manuel A. Martins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00673},
  year   = {2022}
}
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